Back to reality

I’ve been back from Vegas for a week and a half now. The excitement of the trip is starting to wear off and now the next year lies before me. New prospects for work, videos/movies, experiences and travels. My imagination is running wild with ideas, but unfortunately few of them are within budgetary means or my technical skill level.

My first step is to make a short film. In my opinion the short may be the single greatest demonstration of story telling and movie making capabilities known to mankind. If a director can’t get a point across in 20 minutes or less (less is preferable) they won’t be able to sufficiently get a point across in a clean manner in 2 hours. That’s why so many of Hollywood’s output requires special effects, “wow” factor and overpaid incapable actors to sell tickets. Truth be told…there is a lot to be said for acting talent, but I feel the actor’s abilities to emote on camera are directly related to a director’s ability to direct.

As ideas abound and come into a more refined focus I hope to be able to see the characters of my story come out of hiding from within the people in my life. I can’t imagine who better to work with than those I’ve known the longest. Some would say don’t mix friends/family and work… I completely agree with that assessment. If you enjoy your job you don’t have to work though. I know who these people are, what they capable of doing, or who they can be… I see more within them than they can see of themselves quite often.

Stick around for updates as I start to layout the movie plans. I won’t get too specific with the details during the development but I’ll be sure to let you see the finished product.

Stay tuned.