Direction

Another week seems to have all but passed us again, I swear I wake up Monday and then its Friday the next day. Well must be having fun if its going passed so fast I guess :)
This week hasn't really had anything interesting happen in it, no-ones been shot by terrorists or kidnapped by aliens yet. Although we did have a full day of Zam directing class, which as always was really good. He manages to get points across really easily with-out it seeming like he is actually teaching us. Which for me is good as my brain tends to try shut down when it realises someones trying to teach it something.
On a side not though, I have went from watching one of the famous Godfathers scene which everyone loves to thinking it looks all rather student like. Extra's not knowing where to go and a woman who just seems to casually get up and stroll out, that combined with the camera shake! Happy accident as Zam put it, and one it is. I had never noticed it all before until pointed out to me. It has taught me as an hopeful editor that all these small things I pain over in the edit suite to get rid of, sure that its all very noticeable. Its shown me that it all sticks out like a sore thumb to me as thats what I'm trained to look for, but the average Joe won't always notice small technical faults. Not in anyway saying I will think its OK to leave these things in, but will have less heart-attacks when I see the pen disappears from the table for example.

Richard story hunting isn't going well, no sir-e. I just can't seem to think up a small doable idea that floats his boat. I can visualise ideas and shots in my head, and I think I can get them across to people with images and such. But actually coming up with a story its becoming really hard for me. I really need to go to Starbucks as thats where screenwriters seem to be able to come up with ideas. Something in the Coffee? ... I think so!

DFTV Night-Out

What a night, well what I can remember. Charlottes and Gavin's Greek palace they live in, with their balcony which is easily the size of my entire flat! Yeah its not that big of a flat Charlotte...Its MASSIVE! The greek waterfall in the bathroom I thought was abit much though, just plain showing off and the gold plated T.V. don't get me started!
We somehow ended up playing some sort of Harry Potter quiz game, which I was in Johns team. For someone who hasn't read the books and saw the first film about a decade ago, I wasn't that much of a good team mate to say the least. Not that it would have mattered as Murdo seems to have played this game before and answered the question before it was asked! Needless to say our marker didn't move all to far down the board.
Asides from this Charlotte seemed to want to poison me and John with her crazy cocktails, I swear she was trying to drug us. One seemed to be a mix of really thick latte mixed with half a bottle of vodka. Hmm I wonder how I could have ended up so drunk, its a thinker.

A way to the Garage we went, well thats where my memory of the night ends I'm afraid. There are lots of images in my head of being there, just none that really connect together all to well. How did I spend £20 people, it was £1 a drink and theres no way I bought twenty.

Well these are my rambles for the week that is nearly coming to a close again. Sound tomorrow, will be interesting to meet the new tutor and see if he can explain the mixer with out the analogy of water flowing? Still don't really understand that.