Wait and See? Not me!

Lala-Lala, Lala, La-La and so the beat goes on. Visitors to our myspace site would have seen Ari's blog on his thoughts on the aftermath of the shooting process. Yu can see how different it is for actors and directors in the process of making a film. For actors it is a sprint, a well timed event that encompasses the pre-production and the entire shoot. Once that is over, they can kick back, go to another project and wait for the fireworks. They spread their bets and their talents amongst many films.

A director on the other hand gets shafted, proverbially of course. He/She has bet everything on one film. If it is good then great, and if it is below par, then the director has only got that one project to ride on. It is often why you do not see directors coming through until their thirties, it is the turnaround time. So far, on this short film, I have been in Pre-Production for the best part of three months. Talking with cast and crew, organising, getting the test shots done etc. Then there has been around two weeks continuous shooting for the stop motion animation, two and a half days of live action shooting and now onto Post-Production, the editing. If I am lucky, it will be ready by June.

Come on, you know me, am I going to moan about the editing? Hell no! I am loving it like a slag! The manipulation of Jay and Kay's image to suit my wicked little whim,the falling into place of the jigsaw puzzle, it is a thing of beauty and seeing the reactions of those who are the first to watch it. If you get the crowd cracking up 30 seconds in, then I am getting it right ;)

But the advantage to being a director is there is no waiting for Mana from the skies. There is only one person at the helm, no cruise control, and it is action all the way!