Sometimes in a man's life, he must make a choice: to continue with things as they are, or to build up the courage to climb the mountain of fear, and scream from atop the summit of despair: "I'M NOT HAPPY!", and that, my friends, is exactly what I am doing now!
My current musical script is close to completion. In fact, there is very little left to do, and looking at it in its near entirety, I must admit, I am very pleased with the result. It is refreshing (for a musical), and even (dare I say it) funny in places. However, most of the original circumstances upon which I based a lot of the story has changed, and although I like the script, I'm not happy to continue with it, as my heart is no longer in the words. It can probably explain why it's taken me so long to work on an ending. I honestly cannot locate the inspiration to complete it. So, do I carry on with things as they are? Force an ending and make this film? - or do I admit that I'm not happy with it, and I want a change?
Well, I'm going for a change - a change that makes nearly 6 months of work completely pointless. But I justify it through the following simple explanation: Why make a film I don't want to make?
Luckily it's all in the pre-production stages, and thankfully circumstances changed now as opposed to later on, when it's easier to change things.
For this reason, I am able to sever ties with the current script, and begin working on something completely new. A different story, with different songs (yes, it's still going to be a musical); but shorter this time.
The last script was teetering on close to 3 hours. After editing, I could have probably taken it down to 2 hours - but that's still a lot for an inexperienced film maker. So I'm thinking of making something shorter, possibly an hour long. And I've got some great ideas.
It'll still be refreshing (for a musical), and it'll still be (dare I say it) funny. But at least now it'll be something that my heart is in, and it'll be shorter, and therefore cheaper and easier to produce.
I'm currently working on another short film, hot on the heels of Spare Room, my last short. And once that is complete, I'll get to work on the new musical script.
I'm very excited, and now that I have more experience in dance (and musical theatre in general), I'm hoping for a much more professional film.
Wish me luck, and pray that I find solace in the new script :) lol.
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