pkbissen

I guess I'm one of the few people who really didn't like the film. It felt like a bad Wes Anderson movie to me. The production design, cinematography (especially the pans and flat shots), and dead pan acting made me think that the film borrowed very heavily from Wes' style. on the other hand, the film lacked a story or well formed characters that I cared about. it was just a series of childish jokes to me.

I missed it back when I was at home in Minnesota. Anyway, DGG, is definately one of the more exciting young directors. I'd recommend Lynne Ramsay (Ratcatcher and Morvern Callar) to anyone who likes DGG films. George Washington has to be the most beautiful film shot for $40,000. and check out Terrence Mallick's film if you haven't seen his stuff. DGG borrows quite a bit from Mallick.

do you have to write an authorship paper? personally, i liked VF Perkins theory of film who wrote "Film as Film." basically, Perkins sees film as a means of communication between the audience and the filmmakers (director, DP, editor, screenwriter). you judge the filmmaker based on the choices that he or she made and how effectively these choices communicate with the audience. it's hard to tell what choices a filmmaker has made because no film is the work of one man. you can distinguish what choices a filmmaker has made through first hand accounts (interviews, DVD commentary, etc) and by looking at different films he or she worked on. anyway, i never liked authorship theory because film is collaborative. also, i've always thought it is more interesting to look at a film from VF Perkin's POV. what choices did the film/filmmaker make? what was the intent of a specific choice? what was their effect on the audience, story, etc.? did this set of choices communicate the right feeling or would other choices have worked better? i guess the point is that Perkins thought to evaluate a filmmaker you needed to think through his thought process looking at how effectively his choices communicated an intended effect on the audience or story. i don't know if that helps at all, but VF Perkins' theory of film gave me a critical way to evaluate film without any dogmas about how film is this or that.

what's up i'm 23 and graduated from UW-madison with a degree in film production. i've shot 6 short films and a spec 30 sec. commercial. the production company liked my reel and wants me to shoot a test segment for them. the job is basically this: shooting and editing 24 3 minute segments for TV on issues about teenagers. the crew for the shoots is small (3-4 people) and the segments are going to be aired on cable TV. basically i'm trying to get an idea of what i can expect to get paid if i get the job. any comments are appreciated. thanks pat.