Hello everyone, this is my first post here and I want to discuss a phenomenon I guess you all have encountered at one point or the other: being so involved in a project that you can't see clear. This happened with Temporal http://goo.gl/WR1LU3 Please head over to the dedicated website if you can spare 23mins. I wrote and shot this film in 2010 and finished post production in 2011. At that time I was so involved, that I couldn't judge anything regarding the film anymore: I wrote, directed, shot and edited. Clearly too much, and I never did that mistake again. A couple of days ago, after completely forgetting about the film, I 'found' it on my hard drive, watched it, and thought: ok, this is not so bad after all, and I put it online. Have you experienced something similar with a film or project? Woody Allen said the he has this with every movie he makes ...
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I just checked it out, not bad. I went through the same thing where I wanted to do it all and never actually accomplished anything, now I stick strictly with writing, so kudos to you. I would love to see what you could accomplish if you had help.
Thanks Anthony! Good (well, not so good actually!) to hear that you went through the same thing. I am glad it's finished and I put it out there. What do you write if I may ask?
I mainly write television, although right now I'm getting ready to shoot my first Indie feature. We'll hopefully have it finished and ready for festival by March.
I only wrote this one - I'm not directing or editing. It's been so much easier.
Yea, I bet. I want to focus on directing.
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Basically have this with everything I do. Whether I feel good or bad about it, I can't really judge it anywhere near accurately until I view something later with a few months since it's creation, whether that means a script or an actual shot and edited film. Sometimes I feel better, sometimes worse, but usually with a better perspective on the next project.
Thanks for the comment, Shane. I begin to realise that this is an issue a lot of creators have. I wonder if there is knowledge out there of ways how to work around this?
Photos added to the site now: http://zentralregister.bksites.net/projectsfolder/temporal
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What I always do when writing a script is to write it then put it aside for several months then go back to it. I usually write several scripts at a time so it gives me the option of setting them aside while working on another...gives me a better chance at being objective with the material. As well as letting other writers/filmmakers read them and kick me in the head...LOL.
Thanks Curtis. Yes, that sounds good. The key seems to be to have many balls in the air. Not only does that give you a number of projects to choose from when a few reach final stages of development, it also gives you space to let them breathe. Nice.
Great advice, Curtis. I'm a writer - novels and scripts - and it does help to walk away from the project and then come back to it. Actually did that with my first novel. Put it away for several years - and when I re-read it, I thought, "Hey, this doesn't stink!"
Plus, I get bored (we all do) after working on a script and need a break from it. Allows me to leave it then come back and feel refreshed to rewrite it. I always try to write full draft before I jump to another script otherwise I will never finish any of them.