“Breaking up is hard to do… especially on your wedding day.”
done35mm/16 min/August 2002
Awarded: 2003 Philafilm Silver Award Winner, July 2003
Official Selection: Foyle Film Festival, Northern Ireland, Nov. 2002; Sarasota Film Festival, Florida, Jan. 2003; Sedona Film Festival, Arizona, Feb. 2003; Myhelan Indie Film Festival, New Jersey, March 2003; Brouhaha Film and Video Showcase, Florida, May 2003; Stony Brook Film Festival, New York, July 2003; Tampa’s Independent’s Film Festival, Florida, July 2003; Rhode Island International Film Festival, August 2003; Crested Butte Reel Fest, Colorado, August 2003; L.A. Shorts Fest, Los Angeles, Sept. 2003; Women in Film Independent Film Series, Oct. 2003
4 responses so far ↓
Scot // January 3, 2009 at 1:18 am |
Great film Liz!
My favorite scene was the discussion between Jenny and her father.
Hilarious!
Liz // January 3, 2009 at 9:18 am |
Thanks, Scott! I’m trying to get some other films up, too, but my Internet connection is a nightmare these past few days. Sigh.
LuisaG // January 20, 2009 at 12:21 am |
You’ve got a good touch on working with the actors, but the visuals are very dull. It’s a movie, not a filmed play. TV episodics don’t look like this anymore, but day time dramas do. That might be your mileu, and have you investigated that area of entertainment? That’s a good place for someone who’s skilled at directing actors.
Liz // January 21, 2009 at 3:55 pm |
Hi LuisaG,
I’ll respectfully disagree with you about my “dull visuals” in this piece, but I must respond to your comment that directors who are good with actors should automatically direct soap operas. (!) That’s an interesting dynamic in this town, actually. We pull television directors from music video and commercials, and they’ve got the visuals, but no idea how to work with actors. When someone teaches a directing class in L.A., it’s about how to work with actors.
Meanwhile, you’ve got an established look of a show and an experienced DP to work with. What television needs, is directors with set skills, the right attitude, and stamina, *and* the ability to watch the performances, get the beats, and work with the actors and everyone else around them. Groundbreaking visuals are great, but they aren’t the most important thing when it comes to regular television directing.
So while performance and fast shooting *are* what soap operas are about, I would argue that television also needs actor’s directors, and in fact, runs in such a way that everyone would be much happier if the directors coming in came from that background.
This blog post from Grey Matter (the Grey’s Anatomy blog) has a great bit about the director working with the actors to nail a key performance beat (the fifth big paragraph about Owen & Christina):
http://www.greyswriters.com/2009/01/jenna-bans-on-s.html
Thanks so much for watching my film and commenting!