Comments on: My Life in Film http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2007/02/07/my-life-in-film/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:34:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tom http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2007/02/07/my-life-in-film/comment-page-1/#comment-1493 Tom Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:16:06 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2007/02/07/my-life-in-film/#comment-1493 Sadly, what killed SIAS was a lack of fart/dick/poop jokes. The crowd wasn't prepared for what you gave them. Nice post. I'm working on a pilot for the March screening (can't get everyone together in time for Feb), and I look forward to finally participating in this 102 madness. Sadly, what killed SIAS was a lack of fart/dick/poop jokes. The crowd wasn’t prepared for what you gave them.

Nice post. I’m working on a pilot for the March screening (can’t get everyone together in time for Feb), and I look forward to finally participating in this 102 madness.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2007/02/07/my-life-in-film/comment-page-1/#comment-1473 Mitch Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:13:13 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2007/02/07/my-life-in-film/#comment-1473 Your hunch is right: Paul suggested using that shot. Your hunch is right: Paul suggested using that shot.

]]> By: Broo http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2007/02/07/my-life-in-film/comment-page-1/#comment-1472 Broo Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:10:16 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2007/02/07/my-life-in-film/#comment-1472 II was fuming in envy at the door shot in 7 where Beth runs out and you can see Tom in the door window, and then Tom follows her out, so wonderfully framed - I had always assumed that was Paul's doing since <i> that sort of shot </i> isn't prevalent in earlier episodes. I don't think you should abandon it, throw your hands in the air and declare it a failure, surely every visual trick you use just makes the story a little deeper, adds another layer of subtlety onto it, and that can never be a bad thing. II was fuming in envy at the door shot in 7 where Beth runs out and you can see Tom in the door window, and then Tom follows her out, so wonderfully framed – I had always assumed that was Paul’s doing since that sort of shot isn’t prevalent in earlier episodes. I don’t think you should abandon it, throw your hands in the air and declare it a failure, surely every visual trick you use just makes the story a little deeper, adds another layer of subtlety onto it, and that can never be a bad thing.

]]> By: Mitch http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2007/02/07/my-life-in-film/comment-page-1/#comment-1456 Mitch Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:14:37 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2007/02/07/my-life-in-film/#comment-1456 thanks Dan. What may have killed the show, though, is that is got less silly and more "filmy" in it's style. So maybe this is a cautionary tale—I shouldn't let my auteur impulses run amok. thanks Dan. What may have killed the show, though, is that is got less silly and more “filmy” in it’s style. So maybe this is a cautionary tale—I shouldn’t let my auteur impulses run amok.

]]> By: Dan Dickinson http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2007/02/07/my-life-in-film/comment-page-1/#comment-1450 Dan Dickinson Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:14:34 +0000 http://www.mitchmagee.com/blog/2007/02/07/my-life-in-film/#comment-1450 Great post, Mitch. (Good payoff at the end, too.) Having taken exactly zero courses in filmmaking, I always feel intently wrong when I think about doing a show for 102 - because inevitably, every idea I have is leant from something I've seen somewhere else. It feels very unoriginal - but perhaps it's because I'm focusing too much on plot, and not enough on framing and conventions. So thanks for shedding some light on your process. Great post, Mitch. (Good payoff at the end, too.)

Having taken exactly zero courses in filmmaking, I always feel intently wrong when I think about doing a show for 102 – because inevitably, every idea I have is leant from something I’ve seen somewhere else. It feels very unoriginal – but perhaps it’s because I’m focusing too much on plot, and not enough on framing and conventions.

So thanks for shedding some light on your process.

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