Comments on: new york times article – Where’d You Go to Film School? In My Bedroom http://kiyong.wordpress.com/2007/02/22/new-york-times-article-where%e2%80%99d-you-go-to-film-school-in-my-bedroom/ screenwriting, filmmaking, animation, illustration Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:27:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Dusty http://kiyong.wordpress.com/2007/02/22/new-york-times-article-where%e2%80%99d-you-go-to-film-school-in-my-bedroom/#comment-1917 Dusty Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:07:59 +0000 http://kiyong.wordpress.com/2007/02/22/new-york-times-article-where%e2%80%99d-you-go-to-film-school-in-my-bedroom/#comment-1917 Too true -- it's a long way from being able to swing a camera around to being able to illustrate a story in a compelling way. When I made my first movie, and I was behind the camera, I had a sudden rush of a satori that I had no idea what to point the camera AT. I mean, exactly what was it I wanted to look at, and what are all the profound implications of seeing that, compounded by 16 frames a second (back then, now 29.95). Fortunately, that was forty years ago, and I have looked at/seen many things since then, and now I have had to time to understand the relationships of things in the making of a story. I would say, become the eyes on the story you want to explicate: Tell the truth (even if it's fiction) about your subject. This will propel you forward, seeking always to say more/see more about the truth. Carry on, Nurse . . . Too true — it’s a long way from being able to swing a camera around to being able to illustrate a story in a compelling way. When I made my first movie, and I was behind the camera, I had a sudden rush of a satori that I had no idea what to point the camera AT. I mean, exactly what was it I wanted to look at, and what are all the profound implications of seeing that, compounded by 16 frames a second (back then, now 29.95).

Fortunately, that was forty years ago, and I have looked at/seen many things since then, and now I have had to time to understand the relationships of things in the making of a story. I would say, become the eyes on the story you want to explicate: Tell the truth (even if it’s fiction) about your subject. This will propel you forward, seeking always to say more/see more about the truth.

Carry on, Nurse . . .

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