What a day… And it’s only going to get more intense over the next couple of weeks!

Today in P&D, Patrick went over the Hollywood coverage paradigm again, but more specifically as to how it relates to our first project. He explained in depth how angle and lens selection directly communicate emotional intensity and intimacy. It makes sense. We went on to watch scenes from Pulp Fiction and Se7en to help illustrate the proper way to shoot “2 Guys in a Booth.” No joke, it really doesn’t have to be boring! We then did some script vetting, which is really helpful and instructive; it gets you working on your own script subconsciously while you address your classmates’.
Right after that, we had a follow-up casting seminar with Molly from Casting Connection, and Peter, wherein they took a look at our casting calls in preparation for posting them tomorrow, for our first casting session Monday. Great stuff; very practical advice.
I then had to immediately go into 202, to continue cutting my ballistics project. It went more slowly then I would have liked– mostly due to two distinct but instructive problems: having extra material to sort through on the one hand, but not enough of the right coverage on the other. Lesson learned. I had a pretty good idea towards the end of my session today which I believe will help it to move along tomorrrow evening– after class, and after helping Yauna cast. Zoinks, here we go again…