We love watching the magic makers behind the lens. BTS #thebeekeepermovie September 2022
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You forget. You forget the long days standing. The thousand technical things you have to track. You forget the agaony of the sun going down too soon. Or coming up too late.
You forget how big the crews are, how big the machine is. How strong the hurricane of filming is. And the loneliness of standing in its eye. The endless mental calculations juggling time and assets and process. You forget the anxiety before a huge special effects shot when you have one shot. One shot only. You forget the surreal difficulty in translating words in a script into images in a camera.
You forget the sense of awe at watching actors perform. The alchemy of light and camera putting more emotion into a scene with one glorious shot than ten thousand words could ever hope to. You forget the impressive craft and technical prowess of everyone on set. The joy of having two hundred collaborators making art with you.
You forget what it feels like to be home.
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David in his element. #director #filmmaker
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A thousand arrows trying to hit a moving target. Thatâs what filmmaking is. Itâs a mystery. Light and shadows colliding with dreams. Part art. Mostly business. Youâre engineering a cultural product. And culture is a flowing river. People change. Tastes change. And money makes all the decisions. And those decisions can be painful and bewildering.
Despite all that there are moments of purity. Of art. A humbling appreciation for an incredible performance. A breathtaking shot. Beautifully rendered design. People working together as one. Creating. The film industry gives. And it takes. Often at the same time.
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Columns.
What are the columns your life stands on? What are they made of? Are they stone or paper? Are they permanent or do they crumble one day and have to be rebuilt? Do you get to decide the composition and placement of these columns, or are they placed by others? And what happens when the columns turn to dust? Will you emerge from that cloud stronger?
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