Thursday - 2/15/07

11:20 AM Paul: anyway you want it that's the way you need it!
Michael: She loves to laugh
Paul: she loves to sing
Michael: SHE LOVES ELEVEN THINGS!
She loves to move
Paul: she loves to groove
Michael: SHE LOVES ELEVEN THINGS
Paul: oh, all night!
11:21 AM Michael: ps i know that's not how it goes but hot damn it should
Paul: i know
i know
Michael: all night
Paul: so good
Michael: indeed
11:22 AM so i'll give you a final decision about this weekend tomorrow
Paul: word up
11:23 AM Michael: but as always, i appreciate your most gracious hospitality
11:25 AM how are things going with your own private film making?
Paul: i'm going to try to build a dolly/jib arm rig this weekend. i've got this idea for a short, but i need to have this rig to make it happen. it'll probably take a few tries to get it right.
11:26 AM Michael: cool, what happens in the short that requires the rig?
11:29 AM Paul: well, it's this idea i have where there are three frames on screen at once, and the film takes place simultaneously on all three frames, just from different angles/P.O.V.s. and the shots will all be kind of fluid. i want to actually make 3 films like this, all like five minutes long. the first one is going to kind of just be straight forward narrative, the second i hope will be more....i guess avante garde would be the word, more like mixing film and ballet or something. i don't know if i'll ever actually pull any of it off, but i want to try.
11:30 AM Michael: that's an interesting idea
11:31 AM Paul: it's a bit gimmicky, i know
Michael: you know what narratives you want to use already?
Paul: i've got an idea for the first one, but it's vague. more like there are certain shots i want to use and so i need to write the story around that
Michael: it's only gimmicky if it's just there for the sake of being there, if you make good use of the 3 screens as far as adding to the execution of the story is concerned, then it's terrific
11:32 AM Paul: i hope i can do just that
11:33 AM Michael: for example, if one of your characters has epilepsy just so she can sound more well-rounded, even though it's a shallow attempt to cull pity from the audience for a trait that has nothing whatsoever to do with the rest of the film and is just left there to dangle like a piece of meat in front of emo kids wanting to feel like they're watching their lives on screen, THEN it would be gimmicky
11:35 AM Paul: mmm, well let's hope no one ever makes a film like that
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11:36 AM Michael: who would, paul? who would?
Paul: someone...who is the voice of our generation?
Michael: only he
but seriously paul, i like the idea
11:38 AM it sounds like it would take awhile to edit though
11:40 AM Paul: yeah, it would take a while to shoot, too. i'll probably have to plan out precise movements and timing
11:41 AM Michael: do you have 3 cameras?
11:42 AM Paul: no, but the way i see the film, the frames will move and stop at the same time. at least mostly.
11:43 AM Michael: i see, i get what you mean by precise movement and timing then
11:44 AM Paul: yeah
and spacing of the frames
sometimes all three frames next to each other will form one anamorphic wide screen shot.
11:45 AM Michael: that's awesome
Paul: it could be
Michael: like one of those multi-picture panoramas, right?
Paul: more or less, yeah
11:46 AM Michael: fancy dancing
Paul: we'll see. i hope to shoot the first one in june or july, but there are bound to be complications
Michael: naturally
there always are
i dont think i've seen any films you've made since college
Paul: i've only made little skits and crap
11:47 AM Michael: ok, cuz you've made some great stuff
what was the movie with the dumpster baby?
11:48 AM i cant remember it exactly there was something hilarious
and i think there was a robot
and andrew
11:49 AM this may have been a dream i had
11:50 AM either way, it was funny
and i thought your zombie movie from senior year was a lot better than you gave it credit for
Paul: the dumpster movie was about babies coming from dumpsters
11:51 AM and the robot movie was called "robot fantastic" and two robots face off in a dance fight on the banks of the river charles
Michael: hahahahaha
Paul: i actually was sitting in a bar/cafe the other night
and this kid comes up to me who i kind of recognize
and he goes
11:52 AM "did you go to BU?"
and i'm like "yeah"
"were you in COM?"
"yeah"
"you made that film with those robots, right? I remember seeing that. it was pretty cool."
that's my first fan, mike
11:53 AM Michael: dude, you're famous
look at you
Paul: so famous
11:54 AM Michael: you should have said "Can't you people leave me alone?! I'm just trying to have dinner with my family! Is there no respect for privacy anymore?"
Paul: hahahahah
i will never do that. mostly because i will never be recognized again.
Michael: that's a good reason
11:55 AM yes well, i'll own robot fantastic and alaric and all the rest one day on Paul Cannon: The Early Collection DVD set, but of course by then it wont be dvd's we use but a chip that's driven into your brain
11:56 AM Paul: of course. and when that day comes, i'll buy you something nice.
11:57 AM Michael: a clock radio?
12:09 PM Paul: also genius
alright, now i have real work to do
i'll catch ya
12:10 PM Michael: me too, me too
cheers