tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post2749277308923258263..comments2023-05-13T06:16:44.531-07:00Comments on Conda's Creative Center - Tips, Hints & Secrets: Film Cautionary TaleConda Douglashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-60638060847656140642011-03-26T13:58:32.628-07:002011-03-26T13:58:32.628-07:00Ann,write the scripts! I've found that every w...Ann,write the scripts! I've found that every write benefits from writing in a different format!Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-10816962857612923062011-03-25T10:09:40.829-07:002011-03-25T10:09:40.829-07:00I think Jim makes an excellent point: we become im...I think Jim makes an excellent point: we become immersed in a project, love the characters, etc. and fear of beginning again keeps us from jumping into a new project. <br />I double or triple my estimates of project length and most often run short, anyway. <br />The film was great fun and VERY cold! I had a walk-on part...more like walk-by. So I had time for photos. Thanks for the mention, Conda.Kathy McIntoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899118869240481737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-23241222761318763982011-03-24T08:07:17.935-07:002011-03-24T08:07:17.935-07:00I've had the problem. I have it from time to t...I've had the problem. I have it from time to time, but Jim's experience best reflects mine: if it takes that long, it becomes a part of me and there are withdrawal symptoms when it's done.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-84920410735990084592011-03-22T14:09:47.816-07:002011-03-22T14:09:47.816-07:00Jim, ah yes, why many creative people never finish...Jim, ah yes, why many creative people never finish anything! Congrats on having finished and having the courage to go on to the next one!Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-16728928235429468062011-03-22T12:52:54.410-07:002011-03-22T12:52:54.410-07:00When can we see it? Creative work is always labour...When can we see it? Creative work is always labour of love.<br /><br /><a href="http://steamydarcy.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"> Bargain with the Devil</a>Enid Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12248877161249788607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-20339551757172856932011-03-22T10:07:11.192-07:002011-03-22T10:07:11.192-07:00My husband is a film director and I've seen fi...My husband is a film director and I've seen first hand how much time it takes - yikes! I always try to give myself a cushion when writing, too.Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-80810199966176037622011-03-22T09:15:26.313-07:002011-03-22T09:15:26.313-07:00Carol--sometimes I think it needs to be tripled. B...Carol--sometimes I think it needs to be tripled. But how to avoid not believing it'll take so long?Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-5868392436089287502011-03-22T09:14:32.714-07:002011-03-22T09:14:32.714-07:00Ken, yes, even the big studios underestimate the t...Ken, yes, even the big studios underestimate the time it takes to film and they should know better!Conda Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12972790965426924941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-77497222409230012702011-03-21T22:11:39.214-07:002011-03-21T22:11:39.214-07:00I'm a chronic under-bidder. Been that way all ...I'm a chronic under-bidder. Been that way all my life. So I add twenty percent to the total right away. If I estimate 20 hours I add 4 more immediately. $100??? Make it $120.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-8676373506584768222011-03-20T18:45:13.511-07:002011-03-20T18:45:13.511-07:00Sounds like fun to make a short film, Conda, and i...Sounds like fun to make a short film, Conda, and it's perhaps more of a challenge to achieve the right effect or message than when making a longer film.<br /><br />MY problem is that I'm doing creative things all the time, and I do lose track of time and other tasks!Lynda Lehmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10914824862008453219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-3375623326129253972011-03-19T19:19:32.994-07:002011-03-19T19:19:32.994-07:00Oh, how fun. I love films! I've two scripts in...Oh, how fun. I love films! I've two scripts in embryo. Got a critique on one a few years ago. I keep wanting to come back to it. Reading your post is spurring me on!!<br /><br />The time frame for writing anything is always off--for me at least. I have no solution to the "problem" !!<br /><br />And thanks for your expression of sympathy on the loss of my brother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-68988943991016043412011-03-19T06:49:14.228-07:002011-03-19T06:49:14.228-07:00I think it’s a comfort thing rather than a fun thi...I think it’s a comfort thing rather than a fun thing: we spend so much time on a project that we get to the stage where we can’t imagine doing anything else. I’ve noticed this with every novel I’ve written. I spend years constructing this universe and I don’t really want to leave it because then I know that I’m going to have to create another universe from scratch and creating universes, albeit imaginary ones, is hard work and it’s so much easier to just tweak away at the one you’re currently involved in. Letting go is hard. I’m at quite a loss now I’ve finished <i>Left</i>. Okay all the editing’s still to get done and it will get done but that’s grunt work, that’s not real writing. But although I’m running a lot of things through my head to see what I might like to run with next a part of me would be quite happy to going back to a poem a month and leaving it at that. But I won’t.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-79607119420251108102011-03-18T16:08:09.678-07:002011-03-18T16:08:09.678-07:00The only way I know is to figure out how long you ...The only way I know is to figure out how long you think it will take . . . and double it. You'll be closer :)Carol Kilgorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15168273312704732896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913223308835760783.post-88233792911734556462011-03-18T13:18:48.282-07:002011-03-18T13:18:48.282-07:00I was a film major in college. Loved my time on th...I was a film major in college. Loved my time on the set. Never been happier. Except for now, while writing my novels. <br /><br />Films always seemed to take more time than we planned for them. Even after having done it for a long time. But the pleasure is in the journey and the doing.Ken McConnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09164270132364529505noreply@blogger.com