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The Seat of our Proverbial Pants

June 27, 2009 at 10:28 am | Posted in Keith Boynton | 1 Comment
Tags: dread, handcuffs, improvisation, spontaneity

Shooting on The Improv Movie begins in about two hours. We hired our DP yesterday. We’re still not sure who our second camera operator* will be. So far, almost everything about this particular shoot has been done in a spirit of improvisation. Which is great! Or perhaps very, very bad. We’ll know in a few days.

I did go on a prop run yesterday, and had Sumi pick up a few items as well. 10-foot lengths of chain? Check. Fuzzy handcuffs? Check. Baby monitor? Check. And now I’m off to buy the nail file! I hope you’re now as intrigued to see this movie as I am …

Wish us luck! Wish us brilliance! I fear we may need both.

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*We need two cameras because the dialogue’s going to be improvised, and if we miss something, it’s gone for good.

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