What ya doin, makin a movie?
Bonus points to anyone who can say who I’m quoting in my title to this post. Yes, I’m back many moons ago from my journey to Nigeria and Hoorah, the DVD is made! What a joy to see 12,000 of these DVDs on their way to folks around the globe. I pray that God will bless the work at The Haven of Hope and that this DVD will be useful.
So, point at hand, my next big project is… Making a catalogue. Then! Making another movie. But whilst I’m making a catalogue I’d really like to… Make a movie! A movie of my own. Some quick Googling terms like “cheap film school” and “making movies” turned up some good resources.
One person said “One way or another, when a filmmaker goes out to make a film, he should be trying to save the world in his own Peculiar way”. I liked that. Another, purportedly Robert Rodriguez, (Mexican Hollywood film director), said “How do you make a cheap movie? – Look around you, what do you have around you? Take stock in what you have. Your father owns a liquor store – make a movie about a liquor store. Do you have a dog? Make a movie about your dog. Your mom works in a nursing home, make a movie about a nursing home. When I did El Mariachi I had a turtle, I had a guitar case, I had a small town and I said I’ll make a movie around that.”
So coming soon to a DVD player near you: A movie about Ireland, people with accents, green grass, the sea, and (grimace) Pitney-Bowes folding machines. I have a guitar case too supposing that doesn’t work out. So, hope you enjoy, and look out world prepare to be saved. (Hopefully not for the worse).
For bonus points-
Shounds like Tom McCandles.
Nice try Dad, but no banana. It’s from a certain movie of sorts.
Whoa, you made a post.
Does Guinness get to make a guest appearance in your movie?
Hey, good idea, there’s plenty of it in my neighbourhood. They’d have to include some serious gratuity for product placement though
Plenty in the neighborhood? (Spell neighborhood the American way, dang it!
)? I thought it came out of the taps in Ireland.
Larry gets the credit for this. Its somebody on Adventures in Odyssey or Veggie Tales.
Ah! Good Job. Yeah, I knew it would be one of my bros to guess the answer. British accents are so much fun to imitate so it was from the English cat-burglar character on an old Adventures in Oddessy video we used to watch.
Hey Chris, just wait ’till I tell you about the huge steel drums of Guinness that go rolling down the street sometimes
Hadn’t been around in a while to see what you are up to so I thought I’d check
Glad to see you free time is being well spent (saving the world).