A dribble more of casting news: Alan Ruck in da house. Or da car. Or something.
This is an elaborate SPEED joke waiting to happen, isn't it? Which means it's also possibly an elaborate Joss Whedon joke...
Well, you'd better not be thinking what I think you're thinking, because my answer is the same as always — no threesomes unless it's boy-boy-girl. Or Charlize Theron.
Harmony ,'First Date'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 05, 2006 3:26:55 am PDT #9291 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
DCJensen - Apr 05, 2006 4:12:14 am PDT #9292 of 10001
All is well that ends in pizza.
Cannonball Run was a cheesy star-studded remake of The Gumball Rally.
Not that I didn't like the cheese at the time, but the original has a bit more style.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 05, 2006 4:14:34 am PDT #9293 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I just hope DRIVE follows the ROBOT CHICKEN homage to TCR and Headless Ponch wins the race.
Vortex - Apr 05, 2006 6:00:33 am PDT #9294 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
I can't tell you how much it's like "Cannonball Run" as I've never actually seen "Cannonball Run." Nor had I seen an episode of "The Amazng Race" until we'd finished developing "Drive." (I've seen the seasons that are on DVD now and love it.) Never saw "Gumball Rally" either. Car-centric things bore me.
But have you seen Death Race 2000
Betsy HP - Apr 05, 2006 8:20:50 am PDT #9295 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Can those of you who have worked on-set explain something to me?
Whenever somebody's trying to say the minimally polite thing about another act-being, it's "He/she always hits his/her mark." I understand that the mark is the place you have to be so that the camera is focused properly and everything that's supposed to be in the shot is there. Two questions:
- Are there many working film/video actors who *can't* hit a mark?
- How do you do it without looking at the floor? Excellent peripheral vision?
Sue - Apr 05, 2006 8:24:25 am PDT #9296 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Are there many working film/video actors who *can't* hit a mark?
I bet the inexperienced ones have problems, and there will always be those who "improvise".
tommyrot - Apr 05, 2006 8:24:34 am PDT #9297 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How do you do it without looking at the floor? Excellent peripheral vision?
Practise the scene in question until you don't need to look at the floor?
Topic!Cindy - Apr 05, 2006 8:39:01 am PDT #9298 of 10001
What is even happening?
I have come to the realization that come the revolution, *I* will be first up against the wall. The bourgeois intellectuals go first.
Well, see, this is where procrastination comes in handy. I might end up in the group that's going up against the wall first, but odds are, I'll be late.
JZ - Apr 05, 2006 8:45:14 am PDT #9299 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
How do you do it without looking at the floor? Excellent peripheral vision?
Not that I know from film, but I do know from stage work and street improv that after enough years you just get a sense of the geography of the playing space -- you don't need to scrutinize everything and map it out anymore, your body just remembers where the sightlines are, knows who in the audience and who in the scene can see you and hear you and who can't, instantly recognizes the different feel of light or shadow on your face. Same way a major league batter can make the decision to swing or not in the 1/3 of a second when the ball is actually in hitting range. After enough years doing it, it's just muscle memory.
But before the muscle memory kicks in, lots of floor-looking and rote memorization.
SailAweigh - Apr 05, 2006 9:29:21 am PDT #9300 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
instantly recognizes the different feel of light or shadow on your face.
This can be a huge problem for the lighting folks. When we put on The Dollhouse at the UW, the lead actress disliked direct light in the face. She had a nasty habit, after focus was done, of not hitting her mark during performance. They would refocus and it would happen again. They practically had to chase her around the stage to get her lit.