The labs, day four
Two meetings, a good hike and a chocolate shake made for a good day at the Sundance lab, my last full day before flying home tomorrow afternoon.
John Gatins made a good point today about his work and his job. “His work” is writing, and “his job” is all the attendant meetings and drama it takes to get his work on the screen. It’s a helpful distinction, one I often make between the craft of screenwriting (the words on the page) and the profession of screenwriting (making a living at it).
As part of a partnership with YouTube, a crew has been shooting interviews and behind-the-scenes stuff with the filmmakers. I’ll be putting up those links as they come.
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June 24th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Definitely a good point about the difference between craft and profession.
The Craft of Filmmaking is figuring out what you want your movie to look, sound and feel like once it’s made. The Profession is the hundreds of hours of other work that (hopefully) enables you to actually make it.
June 25th, 2009 at 9:58 am
That distinction helps. Especially for those of us who are fledglings.
June 26th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
It’s views like that that make me glad I live 5 minutes from that Canyon.