[from tumblr post on 3/5/11]
in deciding to let KNIFE naturally become the larger project it demands (needing much more money than i could dream of possessing… haha), about a month or so ago, i half-shifted gears and set my sights on a project that suddenly started nagging at me.
i kept referring to it as plan b, something i would do if KNIFE were to not get off the ground immediately. it would be something i would dabble at, keeping it just about ready to go if and when i needed it - if things started to look bleak.
as ideas started to come, this plan b took on a critical mass and i could not escape its gravity. it was shaping into something with all the ingredients i would need to make it my first feature: small cast, one location, and it moved in a way which would allow me to shoot it quickly, probably in about two straight weeks. most importantly, it tapped into some of my core passions and fears. i was falling in love with it.
it became my plan a.
it became PASSAGE.
and i just finished the first draft.
for the moment, i don’t know how to feel. i’m more than slightly exhausted having just saved and emailed the document to myself for backup after two weeks of intense and extended writing (waking up at 3pm today didn’t help either. haha). it came out pretty rapidly and i obviously glossed over more than one section (or three or five…), but even still, this is the closest i’ve come to capturing the original intent of what i set out to do.
it needs work, but i’m beyond excited.
a day or two of rest, then back to work!
in deciding to let KNIFE naturally become the larger project it demands (needing much more money than i could dream of possessing… haha), about a month or so ago, i half-shifted gears and set my sights on a project that suddenly started nagging at me.
i kept referring to it as plan b, something i would do if KNIFE were to not get off the ground immediately. it would be something i would dabble at, keeping it just about ready to go if and when i needed it - if things started to look bleak.
as ideas started to come, this plan b took on a critical mass and i could not escape its gravity. it was shaping into something with all the ingredients i would need to make it my first feature: small cast, one location, and it moved in a way which would allow me to shoot it quickly, probably in about two straight weeks. most importantly, it tapped into some of my core passions and fears. i was falling in love with it.
it became my plan a.
it became PASSAGE.
and i just finished the first draft.
for the moment, i don’t know how to feel. i’m more than slightly exhausted having just saved and emailed the document to myself for backup after two weeks of intense and extended writing (waking up at 3pm today didn’t help either. haha). it came out pretty rapidly and i obviously glossed over more than one section (or three or five…), but even still, this is the closest i’ve come to capturing the original intent of what i set out to do.
it needs work, but i’m beyond excited.
a day or two of rest, then back to work!
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