OT: Of interest to Directors

p@mast3rs wrote on 2/19/2005, 9:01 PM
Tonight, I had the pleasure of watching Pauly Shore's latest flick "Pauly Shore is Dead: You'll Never Wiez in This Town Again."

While the movie itself wasnt as entertaining as I had expected it to be, one thing the DVD provides is extra features. Included on the extra features was Shore showing his movie to Cal Fresno students. Afterwards he did a short Q&A for the students who asked some decent questions.

Shore made mention that this was his first serious directing flick and that he also wrote it as well. He gave some awesome tips for aspiring writers and directors and even answered questions about music and scoring etc...

One student asked him how he handled holding on to his original vision and Shore said he caught himself a couple times changing his vision because other people didnt like what he wrote but he found that he stuck to the original idea from the start. He also said he did this on his own with not much backing and that they used HDcam to shoot and cut it on Avid which he also said is dying and everyone is using Final Cut Pro (I dont agree with that).

All in all, it was nice pick me up for those who have people telling them that they cant do it this way or that way. Not worth buying the DVD but if you see it in the video store, pikc it up and watch the Q&A if nothing else. Gave some great advice that is commonly OVERLOOKED during pre and post production.

Comments

Spot|DSE wrote on 2/19/2005, 10:03 PM
Thanks for the heads-up, Patrick. I like watching this sort of stuff. I heard the show sucked, but if it's got some good interviews and technique on it, it's always worth sucking it down.
winrockpost wrote on 2/20/2005, 6:01 AM
Love the extras on DVDs, a wealth of info. if you havent checked out the extra stuff on Once Upon a Time in Mexico its worth a look .By the way I thought Polly was dead.
PossibilityX wrote on 2/20/2005, 6:09 AM
I highly recommend the film LIVING IN OBLIVION.

Not only is it a great film about film-making in and of itself, but watching the film again with the director's commentary turned on was a great learning experience for me. There's also an extra bit where the director and the star (Steve Buscemi) answer questions after a screening, and this too provides some enlightenment to newbie independents like me.

Winrock, I agree RE: the extras on Once Upon A Time in Mexico. I really admire Robert Rodriguez for his "get it done, and do it yourself" approach----though I don't really like his movies too much!