Live: the 2011 Academy Awards

Day 282: “Blowup” meets “The Ginger Man”

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The movie we’ve been working on is in the can, aside from some fairly minor voice-work and one very simple shot that needs re-doing.

I think I have stumbled upon a key to making movies (and probably to doing anything else, for that matter): Get a lot of smart, creative, talented people signed up in various capacities, and then shut up and get out of their way while they do what they’re good at.

The amount of talent working on this little movie has been jaw-dropping. Directors, actors, cinematographers, photographers, acting coaches, general creative consultants, the editor (whose work is still to come), even the folks who showed up to donate their free time as extras or miscellaneous crew.

I’m not particularly good at any of this stuff, but I’m smart enough to know my limitations, and lucky enough to have talented people around me who are willing to donate their free time to working on movies.

Live: the 2011 Academy Awards
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