Shooting his weekend - any last words of wisdom?

[Brainmuncher]

A stress ball to stop you murdering you AD who will think he can do your job better than you
And a loud voice to scare you actors

[Littlerich]

Here's one I found out myself...

DON'T USE YOUR ******* WASTE OF SPACE MATES AS THEY WILL DECIDE LAST MINUTE TO LET YOU DOWN, RIGHT ROYALLY **** YOU OVER AND COST YOU THE ENTIRE ******* SHOOT.

Yup. That's what happened. After I spent 2 1/2 hours to find an arm for the shoot (see "Arm Yourself" post for details), went to Denniston for the camera (which cost loads for the taxi to get it home, got up at 7:30 AM on Sat morn after, like, about 20 minutes sleep, made the blood, got all props, locations, tapes, camera, batteries, crew, sound etc. sorted out, then had to abandon the whole ******* lot because the ******S I asked pulled out.
P-R-I-C-K-S!

Now, I have lost the bloke Im was working with (he said he's just gonna work with Professional, or semi professionals from now on), probably lost the contact I've made with my make up artist, and totally lost confidence with myself. I'm thinking of packing filmmaking in altogether...

So, I'm not a happy bunny this morning.

******S!

[Patriarch]

well.. ther you have the wise words of Miker and Kev...

how ****** up!

I feel really sorry for you BUT.. you need to make another film ASAP. All filmmakers have experiences like yours...

[Alex]

When was the last time you talked to your mates before call time?

[Brainmuncher]

Bad luck dude

something will go wrong

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I've only ever used my mates, but they are usually as dedicated as I am...certainly more talented. True, i've been screwed over- they arent professionals, but they deliver the goods, deal with my temper, and cost nothing [img]smile.gif[/img]

Dont kill me, but could the phrase "suffering for art" comfort thy soul?

[Littlerich]

Well, as far as being in contact, they are always up the stairs, every day, always getting stoned...


They are basically my girlfriends 2nd eldest son's friends, (he's 18 BTW), although they class me as a mate as well... I guess it's not surprising they didn't do it... I should've known better! Oh well... Now to look for ACTORS!

Oh, BTW, Brain*******, where in scotland U from?

[Brainmuncher]

Rich-
Hey, i'm Blairgowrie based...sent you an email.
Are we the only two scot's in the forum?