Fincher's Spot for HP

"Working with Fincher means working in a way that is entirely unlike any typical production," said Digital Domain senior vice president and general manager Ed Ulbrich. "The editor is on the set working in real time, the modeling is done in advance and the whole scene is already finalized in terms of camera movement, sets, lights -- everything -- before the first frame is shot. The only thing Fincher wants to do on set is work with the actors; through a lot of planning, he is able to do that."

Glad to hear it. Its the best way to direct... although I do like improvising camera placement because I think thats dependent on the blocking and performance.

How to get your girlfriend to read comics

self censorship is death.

 "you have to fight every day to stop censoring yourself. and you never have anyone else to blame when you do. what happens to artists is that it's not that somebody's standing in their way, it's that their own selves are standing in their way. the compromise really isn't how or what you do, the techniques you use, or even the content, but really the compromise is beginning to feel a lack of confidence in your innermost thoughts. and if you don't put these innermost thoughts on the screen then you are looking down on not only your audience but the people you work with, and that's what makes so many people working out there unhappy. these innermost thoughts become less and less a part of you and once you lose them then you don't have anything else. so many people have so much to say and there are so many really worthwhile things to say that it seems impossible that we could cut ourselves off from this whole avenue of enormous excitement."
 


from cassavetes on cassavetes
edited by raymond carney