I think I could handle directing a film if I didn't have to be in charge of casting it, or making the costumes, or getting a camera, or planning how to use the camera, or instructing the actors, or choreographing the piece, or editing, or doing the makeup, or securing locations. Which doesn't leave much. In short, I'm not meant to be a director.
Today I sought one last effort at reviving any chance I'd want to do the film by seeing if I could find someone to help out with the costumes (read: paid assistant.) The fashion department at Warehouse 21 seemed a good option for hiring some budget-friendly short-term help. But there was only one girl there who seemed to know anything about sewing at all, and her suggestions for making the costumes were so godawful I had to just get out of there ("Get an old suit from a thrift store and alter it!" Yeah, that's great costuming there if you want trash like this.)
Bad news on the Sweeney Todd book as well, though I suppose I'll still make it. The page count is rather high -- I hadn't realized it was that long -- and even in the smallest reasonable font condensed as far as I could smoosh it, it's almost 200 pages. This means that in order to compete with the other edition on the market (which has Johnny Depp on the cover) I'm only going to be able to make about 50 a book, and I have to leave out the introduction I had planned. So I'll have to sell seven copies just to pay for that cheap razor I bought for the cover.
Today I sought one last effort at reviving any chance I'd want to do the film by seeing if I could find someone to help out with the costumes (read: paid assistant.) The fashion department at Warehouse 21 seemed a good option for hiring some budget-friendly short-term help. But there was only one girl there who seemed to know anything about sewing at all, and her suggestions for making the costumes were so godawful I had to just get out of there ("Get an old suit from a thrift store and alter it!" Yeah, that's great costuming there if you want trash like this.)
Bad news on the Sweeney Todd book as well, though I suppose I'll still make it. The page count is rather high -- I hadn't realized it was that long -- and even in the smallest reasonable font condensed as far as I could smoosh it, it's almost 200 pages. This means that in order to compete with the other edition on the market (which has Johnny Depp on the cover) I'm only going to be able to make about 50 a book, and I have to leave out the introduction I had planned. So I'll have to sell seven copies just to pay for that cheap razor I bought for the cover.
three people and excellent visual, verbal and written communication skills should be enough to make a short film.