Approach
May 16, 2012
Today we are two months out from the first day of principal photography. There's a tentativeness to that outlook, to be sure, but it's growing less and less severe.
I'm working from home today, keeping quiet before heading to NY tomorrow. What I've been doing so far this morning is: watching the first scene of Inglourious Basterds to study the way it's shot, and the rest of the movie just because, reading Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing In America, reading last month's NY Magazine profile of Toni Morrison, writing 83 e-mails, making minor preparations for the music video we're probably going to do right before we move out of state for production, only taking one phone call (a drastic change of pace), not changing out of my PJs, drinking two cups of pour-over coffee and watching this video repeatedly:
I have done none of these things consecutively. It's taken all six of my waking hours thus far to accomplish every one of these things.
Posted by David Lowery at 3:22 PM
Sailor Bear
April 28, 2012
You can't beat having a team like this.
Posted by David Lowery at 11:10 AM
Sarah Jaffe: Glorified High
April 27, 2012
Toby and I were lucky enough to have the chance to direct the first music video for Sarah Jaffe's amazing new album, The Body Wins. We had an entirely different concept we were in prep for, which was going to include a brief dancing sequence with a little girl who Sarah had seen on YouTube - but then, three days before we rolled cameras, we were sent a video of the choreography that had been prepared for to the song, and made the snap decision to just make the video entirely about that.
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Cinematography by David Blood.
Posted by David Lowery at 11:56 AM
Fugue State
April 21, 2012
It's been almost three months since I last wrote something here. I haven't taken a break like that since I was 19.
Lots of catching up to do.
Posted by David Lowery at 1:59 PM
Waiting For A Red Eye
January 29, 2012
I left Sundance on Thursday, and am still waiting to get home. Toby and I flew straight to Las Vegas to shoot one of those things we shoot to pay the bills for two days, which immediately put so much distance between us and those two weeks up in the mountains that it all feels remarkably distant now, to the point that it's a bit shocking to realize that there are still people there, right now, celebrating wins and toasting friends.
This was my fourth time at Park City, and the first where in between movies certain toothsome wheels clicked into place and various machinations began to turn in what felt like a fairly significant way. I saw fewer films than ever (only 11) and was busier than ever, except for the last day where I spent a necessarily long time doing laundry.
The whole thing was just wonderful and exhausting and beautiful and snowy, and that's not even counting the Screenwriting Labs because I can't really talk about those right now. At the moment I'm sitting at the gate, waiting for this flight to board and considering all the work we have to do to finish this music video before leaving for LA in four days to continue the chain of events set in motion last week. I'm too tired to put together the words necessary to imply how gracious I am that I'm this tired. Trust me, I've got some ebullience stored deep down - I'm just keeping it safe.
Posted by David Lowery at 1:47 AM
Hells Bells
January 12, 2012
Photo by James M. Johnston.
I leave for the airport and Sundance in about four hours, and I'm still up trying to squeeze in as much work on this thing we shot last week as I can. It's a new music video for School Of Seven Bells, and I think we might have pushed our meager budget and inferior brains too far on this one, resulting in irreparable damage and unchecked carnage. Motion control, mathematical equations - these are things best left to experts! Of course, as soon as it turns out (if it turns out, which it will), I'll forget what a headache it's been and talk about how wonderful technology is.
I finished two FX shots just now, and I'll be checking the progress on everything else that's going to fill up that green from up in the mountains next week. Hopefully it'll be done and online in a week or two.
Posted by David Lowery at 11:51 PM