Thank you Ted. Another fantastic Five Questions. Love that you revealed that the filmmaker actually has 10 q's to choose from and they pick 5. Agree with you their choice of 5 is revealing.
The trailer for this film looks incredible and heartbreaking. I plan to see it and share with some close friends who are going through a similar situation.
The Faulkner quote is gold. Thanks for providing as well as the context for your own filmmaking journey.
It's good to hear a documentarian with a healthy understanding of the power of the edit. I often talk to doc editors to discover their individual techniques for finding the story in the footage they have. Every editor has different approaches but all the good ones know it's the key to making the project work. I've seen far too many filmmakers obsess over the film they thought they were making, then try to force that film out of the footage when it just won't be. Or they crush the better film they actually have by rigidly sticking to what they intended to show. Then there is the other side of the coin, directors who keep shooting and shooting and "trust" that the story will be found in the edit so they don't have to have a story in place during production. I've personally suffered the consequences of that kind of mess occurring even though I tried everything I could to prevent that director's blind faith in miracles happening driving the production. When you haven't shot it, there's no way to find it.
There's a fine line of going in with an idea of the story you'd like to tell, being aware of the story you could be getting while in that pursuit, then recognizing the story that is actually tellable in the edit suite. It's a balance of desire and practicality, recognition of serendipity and blind luck. It's magic when it all works, but, magic doesn't always occur, sadly.
I have not yet seen "The Eternal Memory," but I believe I have seen "The Mole Agent." I remember it was kind of a meld of the documentary and the narrative fiction film. Because they created a character and then put them into a situation that brought out the stories of others in this world that he was infiltrating.
In a solution film, also a meld of the doc and the narrative fiction film, all the characters are fictional, but the solutions are real. The perfect solution film is one, that if it were being shown on TV, you might change the channel to see if CNN or Fox News is reporting on the story.
Eventually, you would realize that it is not something that is happening right now, but something that could very well happen tomorrow or the next day.
Thank you Ted. Another fantastic Five Questions. Love that you revealed that the filmmaker actually has 10 q's to choose from and they pick 5. Agree with you their choice of 5 is revealing.
The trailer for this film looks incredible and heartbreaking. I plan to see it and share with some close friends who are going through a similar situation.
The Faulkner quote is gold. Thanks for providing as well as the context for your own filmmaking journey.
It's good to hear a documentarian with a healthy understanding of the power of the edit. I often talk to doc editors to discover their individual techniques for finding the story in the footage they have. Every editor has different approaches but all the good ones know it's the key to making the project work. I've seen far too many filmmakers obsess over the film they thought they were making, then try to force that film out of the footage when it just won't be. Or they crush the better film they actually have by rigidly sticking to what they intended to show. Then there is the other side of the coin, directors who keep shooting and shooting and "trust" that the story will be found in the edit so they don't have to have a story in place during production. I've personally suffered the consequences of that kind of mess occurring even though I tried everything I could to prevent that director's blind faith in miracles happening driving the production. When you haven't shot it, there's no way to find it.
There's a fine line of going in with an idea of the story you'd like to tell, being aware of the story you could be getting while in that pursuit, then recognizing the story that is actually tellable in the edit suite. It's a balance of desire and practicality, recognition of serendipity and blind luck. It's magic when it all works, but, magic doesn't always occur, sadly.
Just read about Maite and her latest movie on Popflick's blog. Thanks for covering her, Ted!
I love her answer about communication. That its about the feeling not just the info.
I have not yet seen "The Eternal Memory," but I believe I have seen "The Mole Agent." I remember it was kind of a meld of the documentary and the narrative fiction film. Because they created a character and then put them into a situation that brought out the stories of others in this world that he was infiltrating.
In a solution film, also a meld of the doc and the narrative fiction film, all the characters are fictional, but the solutions are real. The perfect solution film is one, that if it were being shown on TV, you might change the channel to see if CNN or Fox News is reporting on the story.
Eventually, you would realize that it is not something that is happening right now, but something that could very well happen tomorrow or the next day.