Love Teeth is falling apart. I don’t know if it’s because I don’t know what I’m doing or because no one else does.
Starting all over. Haven’t thought about it for a month. I guess I’ll revisit it soon.
It just makes me sick.
Had some more readers do coverage.
Had some pretty good feedback and I’m ready to start the next draft.
Things are starting to take shape now.
Also started a bunch of other things… but Love Teeth has to be finished first…can’t stop thinking about its world.
I finished my first draft of “Love Teeth.”
It’s only 100 pages long. I feel like I could go another 20 or so.
Still thinking about changing the title…”Chaos, Love, and Teeth”…”Wisdom Teeth”…Bottom of the Bag…”Love, Chaos, and Teeth”….I don’t know.
I’m ready to start re-writing. First change would be opening scene that will happen with the three friends sitting in a cave so we can get to know them.
We’ll see what my readers have to say.
I’ve been director-proofing my script.
They say that filmmaking is a visual medium yet they give you dirty looks when your script is full of blocks of imagery. I don’t get it. Let me be as vivid as possible so some director can’t fuck up my story.
First draft will be done by middle of December.
It’s still called Love Teeth but it might change if I discover something new.
I might post the treatment sometime.
“Basterds” was as close to perfect as Pulp Fiction. Dialogue = suspense. Subtext comes days, weeks, months later.
With the same running time, Pulp Fiction was able to do so much more. Each character got their moment to shine and then some. I don’t even know who half of the Basterds even were, aside from the three that got any actual screen time, and even then, all you can figure is that they kill Nazis all day.
The scenes with Hans Landa were the only exchanges that had any palpable suspense. And suspense can dissipate if it takes too long to ramp up. The bar scene with the actress could’ve been shortened by a good 15 minutes, and nothing would have been lost. In fact, it might have helped. The same could be said for a couple of other exchanges. Pulp Fiction is a better movie by light years.
All I know is that I felt the right amount of discomfort during those long scenes of dialogue and I didn’t lose interest for a second.
For me to talk about the movie in anymore depth would be silly until I’ve seen the movie again and have allowed everything to perculate for a few days.
I look forward to “Basterds” getting some Oscars…however important that is.
was a solid “meh.” a lot of the dialogue seemed to go on for no real reason or subtext. i was also hoping for a bit more action.
“Basterds” was as close to perfect as Pulp Fiction. Dialogue = suspense. Subtext comes days, weeks, months later.
I’m hoping that when classes start I will be able to get this draft done. It will force me to get it done. The shape of it probably won’t be good and I just have to learn to live with the fact that I’m going to have to finish a draft before I can make a better draft.
Trying different methods.
Note: None of these methods were ever uttered to me while in class.
What am I paying for again?
I haven’t thought much about the world lately.
I need to, though.
It’s the right time to think about the things going on in the script.
I just need to force myself to do it.
Watched Ferris Bueller the other day to maybe get things going.
Brought American Graffiti too.
I hope I can get something written. So much to do.
I’m going home for a week or so.
“race weekend” and Memorial Day are here soon.
I like the bus ride most of the time.
o “According to W. J. T. Mitchell, we need to reckon with images not just as inert objects that convey meaning but as animated beings with desires, needs, appetites, demands, and drives of their own. What Do Pictures Want? explores this idea and highlights Mitchell’s innovative and profoundly influential thinking on picture theory and the lives and loves of images.”
