the dark side of the donuts
Click on this text to watch the latest video Fisher and I made. It’s about donuts. The darkside of the donuts. It’s on Current.com, so if you like it, leave a comment. If you don’t, kindly remember, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all. In the comments section. Tell me here.”
its not working
Comment by dastard — August 23, 2008 @ 7:27 pm
You sound like you’re auditioning to host Soul Train. Maybe slow the delivery down a bit? It felt like you flew through my favorite part.
Comment by Lyle_s — August 23, 2008 @ 7:51 pm
It’s not working for me either.
Comment by Rachel — August 24, 2008 @ 5:12 am
http://current.com/items/89221880_the_darkside_of_donuts
Comment by Lyle_s — August 24, 2008 @ 5:44 am
I don’t know how to work this internet thing. Lyle, you’re right. Fisher made a few edits, because I was trying to say a lot in a short time. It takes so much work to make two minutes of video that you start to just say, “good enough.” The manic pace of my voice didn’t really fit with the slow sense of time in the video, but we tried to blend the two best we could. Thanks for the critique. Tempo will be something to work on next time.
Comment by Rolston — August 25, 2008 @ 9:59 pm
The tempo made it seem almost like spoken word poetry, which worked for me. It’s tough to capture the essence of a doughnut shop in two minutes.
Comment by Fred Andres — August 26, 2008 @ 8:46 am
I suppose that’s an ongoing challenge for every filmmaker, how to get the whole story into a window that the audience will bear with. I like the insight on the process, too. I wonder how often the ‘good enough’ scenario happens in major productions. I watched the movie “The Number 23″ the other night (starring Jim Carrey) and I suspect that they said good enough on pretty much every scene. Even then, the movie was too long.
Something I would like to know is, for those involved in the glamorous world of cinema (I mean making movies, not making popcorn at the movie theater), how many of them really like the work?
Comment by Lyle_s — August 26, 2008 @ 9:40 am
every time you have a dream, you wake up. That’s what Raymond Carver taught us. But if you want to see what happens when a few other people enter your dream, then movie making is for you. We aren’t novelists anymore. Other people have something to say. that’s movie making.
Comment by Rolston — August 27, 2008 @ 9:50 pm