February 2009
15 posts
In case anyone was wondering what it's like to...
michauxfochaux:
12:30pm - I read in the Hollywood Reporter that Warners is remaking THE NEVERENDING STORY. I think to myself that they should never remake such a classic and how it’s exemplary of everything wrong with movie development today. 1pm - I post the following to my facebook status: “Matthew is calling a cease and desist on the Neverending Story remake. Love you guys… but seriously.”...
To convince the studio to let him do [Green Lantern], [Michel Gondry] filmed a...
– Seth Rogen, explaining this news from yesterday (via ledenes & seanmobrien)
Production Dictionary
OTF
OTF is sort for “on the fly”, commonly used for interviews. For example, part of a tape-log might say the following:
Jeff OTF: Buying Cheeses
This tells us that Jeff’s interview on buying cheeses is not locked down, or heavily pre-produced. Jeff is answering a few questions about cheese-purchases as he moves along with his day.
Production Dictionary
Walking Lunch
1. Term used on set to describe a lunch break without actually taking a “break.”
2. Bullshit.
Film Directing, the Last Truly Subtle Art Form
atencio:
Sample of requests I made during today’s audio editing / design session for The Rig:
Can you make that sound more wet? I don’t mean drippy wet, I mean like if you were sliding your hands around two tenderloins covered in KY.
I think the creaks should be less violin-y and more bassy (that one was pretty frequent). The rig sounds like it’s crying, I want it to sound like it’s...
If Americans want to give Hollywood money, they can go buy a movie ticket.
– Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), regarding an amendment that would remove a $246 million tax break for movie studios from the stimulus bill. (via hilker) (via soupsoup)
Llama Slate on set.
heyitseva:
I’ve received headshots from ladies of the following heights and weights in response to a casting for women who are “very, very overweight and large.”:
5’8”, 125 lbs. 5’4”, 115 lbs. 5’4”, 110 lbs. 5’0”, 105 lbs. 5’8”, 135 lbs. 5’11”, 150 lbs.
Wow. I’m not booking ANY of you.