2 weeks away from shooting and I can honestly say that I've never worked so hard in prepping a film. I know I just issued a challenge to all my future employers but Im okay with that. 14 hour prep days filled with shot listing, location scouting, meetings,etc. I love hard work, especially when its invested in something that is grounded in vision and integrity.Don our director is committed so deeply to bringing this film to its most perfect realization and I am his partner in this. He's making me better and that excites me.
How can I not view this experience through my new perspective of battling cancer and winning? I'm stronger and wiser and I feel that my work will vibrate with a new intensity and depth. Shoot me for saying this but I feel that a lens is more than a prism for viewing, it can also be a diving rod, a seeker of the truth and conveyor of beauty. Suffering creates depth and depth deepens ones experience therefore a deeper well from which to draw. The real trick as a DP is listening and not seeing. If you can hear and feel the intent of a scene,the root of the idea then you'll know where to put the camera.
Christine Lahti and Melanie Lynskei are going to be in Touchback. How lucky are we? 2 amazing women with depth,warmth,magnetism and passion. More on that later.
Lastly, I don't think anything good comes from coasting.There has to be conflict,a disruption of the norm to create something new. I've lived my life seeking peace and harmony but that pursuit can also coax one into easy decisions and mediocrity. I hope to find a balance, a way to lead and inspire and also challenge and enlist peoples best.
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