Justin Hayward

I recently read Joe Eszterhas's book, Hollywood Animal, and he claims "Jade" and "Showgirls" coming out the same year is what ended his career as a screenwriter.

It's nice :)

I'm not sure I fully understand your question, but if you are saying you want to sync up two dolly/zoom shots without motion control I would get a stop watch and take a lot of measurements. Note your zoom speed. Measure the lens height and distance, make specific in and out points on the zoom, dolly, and focus. Shoot a little wider than you planned in case you need to reframe a bit. Then, with a stop watch, practice doing your move the exact same within a second or so. You can probably nudge it in post a little one way or another. What I wouldn't do is promise the director anything you try is going to work without testing. Edit: And do a lot of takes to up the odds that two will line up :)

Looks really good, Phil. Nice work.

As opposed to Richard's shoots...

I've talked two or three people out of getting into this. If you don't wind up doing what you intended, you're stuck in a totally unpredictable, backbreaking job with insane hours where you leave your house in the dark, come home in the dark and could go for months without getting paid. I would much prefer driving a UPS truck where you have good benefits, you get good exercise, and you have weekends off to quench your creative thirst by making little short films with your friends along with the occasional 18 holes thrown in. I would not be ungrateful for that life. As I shouldn't. Point is, I mostly agree with Phil without being so suicidal about it.

Buying a lawn mower and lending it to your neighbor is not the same as stealing a lawn mower and lending it to your neighbor. And lawn mowers cost a lot less to make than a movie.

If you have to intellectualize an argument against your own conscience, then you're likely doing something wrong. I have a handful of friends that pirate everything they watch. Just because they're willing to waste two hours of their time to watch something they wouldn't pay to waste two hours of their time for, doesn't mean they're not wasting their time without paying. Which means that product was worth something to them. It was worth their time. They consume without contributing. They're thieves and I tell them so. Of course they laugh at me when I call them thieves.

But isn't this is also a little misinforming. It's really, really, hard to make a movie no matter what resources you have. I've done some well budgeted commercials with all the best folks and still came out the other end a ball of mush. And that's a small handful of shoot days.

Yes he did. He's a huge talent and something to aspire to.

After listening to Richard for four hours tell me a fraction of what goes into producing one of his movies, I don't think a book from him would cause young people to waste their time and money. I think a book from him would scare them off.

Yes, something in between if possible.

Not saying I won't make a feature, but I'll follow the Richard Boddington formula and aim to make something tried-and-true before I waste another five years on my personal indy dramas that go nowhere. :)

Yes, hanging your blood, sweat, and tears 5-year-long passion project on the will of a handful of film festival programmers is a gamble. And not one I'm willing to take a my age. 10 years ago? Yup.

Funny to you, but if a DP won't score my work, I won't hire them :lol: No matter how much preplanning I do, even with the DP, having another creative eye on the image, on set, is absolutely invaluable. Beyond that, I just need someone to get the ball rolling when I'm late for work!

And I really enjoyed reading your instagram. If it's properly motivated, I usually really like strong rim or edge lights, but you're so right, the frizzy hair thing is always such a pain. Strong backlight very often highlights all sorts of problems.

Looks fantastic. Most impressive.

Full movie So many interesting points, but it's so funny he gravitates toward shooting in tight spaces when most of us are always looking for more room and depth.

Years ago when I was a PA I worked for a producer that seemed happier when things went wrong, because he got to chew someone out. It seemed like every time he came to set he would look for someone making some sort of mistake so he could yell at them. He got me once and it sucked. I often thought his family must be miserable.

And to be fair, Richard, I have personally walked into a location with a producer that told me... as we were walking in... that she had a $1000 for the location, but when the owner asked what the producer could pay, she said $500 and the owner happily took it. Point is, you don't lie about how much you have in the budget, but many producers absolutely do. And I've called producers I've worked with out on this and they told me everyone has to lie a little bit if they want to produce anything. Which is also a lie. It's actually refreshing to here a producer say lying about the budget is a waste of time. ^_^ :P

I don't understand what you mean. Are you criticizing or being sarcastic?

A new "Blade Runner" had my curiosity, Denis Villeneuve has my attention.

It's true. Writing a good Star Wars script is super easy. Now excuse me while I go beat Tiger Woods at golf. :P

This is a lot of fun...