tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725829740839307597.post8330050599437533168..comments2024-01-22T13:26:24.036-08:00Comments on Dances With Blogs: Please, Shoot the Piano Player!RSMellettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14957584006652753439noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725829740839307597.post-48582380724471192212014-01-21T18:43:15.200-08:002014-01-21T18:43:15.200-08:00Excellent question!
What you've done is fine....Excellent question!<br /><br />What you've done is fine. You could also give yourself one screen credit with all of your titles.<br /><br />What you don't want to do is credit after credit after credit. That's just wrong.<br /><br />Doing it the way you did is very cool - but when you list it in IMDB, list all of the jobs you did. The industry uses IMDB constantly.<br /><br />Also,RSMellettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14957584006652753439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725829740839307597.post-26964288313958437132014-01-21T11:33:10.824-08:002014-01-21T11:33:10.824-08:00I have a question about multi/total hyphenates. A...I have a question about multi/total hyphenates. As a student filmmaker still working on shorts, I of course still end up wearing many hats despite my goal of working with more and more people, but I feel like seeing the same name over and over in the credits is obnoxious. So while I credited my cast and crew members with the appropriate titles, I just put "a short film by" with my ownAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725829740839307597.post-74304588054515135002014-01-17T01:42:40.751-08:002014-01-17T01:42:40.751-08:00Having screened numerous DWF entries over the past...Having screened numerous DWF entries over the past year, I can say with confidence that if a movie's writer, director, editor, producer, and star are all the same person, the movie is almost always terrible. Shane Carruth can get away with it; most of us aren't Shane Carruth. <br /><br />Film is a collaborative effort. Martin Scorsese doesn't edit his own movies. Ridley Scott isn'Screenoidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725829740839307597.post-28413196096265636202014-01-15T21:59:48.219-08:002014-01-15T21:59:48.219-08:00Thank you, Brian.
And you're right, the tric...Thank you, Brian. <br /><br />And you're right, the tricks have all been done. When you see them hundreds at a time like we do, they are exposed as tricks.<br /><br />The one trick that always works, is no tricks. Have a good, honest story to tell. One that so compels you that, if you don't share it with the world, you swear you're going to explode. Then use the tools of film well RSMellettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14957584006652753439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725829740839307597.post-74027476172481697062014-01-15T12:40:37.614-08:002014-01-15T12:40:37.614-08:00I think there's a lot of value in this blog, R...I think there's a lot of value in this blog, Robert. Being a past DWF alum, I feel that many indie filmmakers think they're being unique and original, when if fact, they are not. And hey, it's difficult. The low budget tricks, scenes, characters have been beaten to death. I've fallen into a lot of these traps myself, but I learn from them. Thanks. - Brian J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725829740839307597.post-73127773437438412702014-01-14T19:51:29.616-08:002014-01-14T19:51:29.616-08:00And I typo-Ed my own initials. And I typo-Ed my own initials. RSMellettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14957584006652753439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725829740839307597.post-33390510533789119732014-01-14T19:48:33.854-08:002014-01-14T19:48:33.854-08:00Self-important? Sure, okay. Narcissistic? Who i...Self-important? Sure, okay. Narcissistic? Who isn't in this business? Drunk with power? I wish! If I had power, I'd use it to finance my own projects - because, you know, I'm a narcissist. Condescension? It's not something I'd do on purpose, but it can happen.<br /><br />I'll give you all of that, but threats? No. We at DWF are filmmakers. We have been where you RSMellettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14957584006652753439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5725829740839307597.post-26796886152113616102014-01-14T19:24:50.721-08:002014-01-14T19:24:50.721-08:00Often times simple, random piano chords work for f...Often times simple, random piano chords work for film scores, sometimes not. But calling all hyphenates idiots is just another example of what I see over and over again in your posts. This self-important, narcissistic attitude you exude time and time again. We "get" that you're drunk with your "power" to select the films for DWF Festival, but the condescension and threats,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com