Film
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I realized very early on in my MFA theatre program, perhaps even before, that I had a
strong allurement to filmatic imagery and the power of juxtaposition inherent in montage
techniques. I enrolled in three film classes at Towson University as part of my graduate
studies. These classes helped me contextualize my intellectual admiration for the moving image
while allowing me to explore film as a communicative medium within my own
theatrical work. My interest in film strongly influences my approach to playwrighting and directing. The more I work with camera and editing technology the more my writing and theatrical works are shaped by the differences, the idiosyncrasies and the aesthetic challenges of these mediums. If pressed I will admit that my interest is not in making theater or film but in creating work that lives somewhere in-between. The following excerpt from Robert Rodriguez's "Ten Minute Film School" is particularly relevant to my approach to film production. There are many people working in theater right now who could learn a lot by studying film. " What you need to learn is that being creative is not enough in this business. You have to become technical. Creative people are born creative - you're lucky. Technical people however can never be creative. Its something they'll never get. You can't buy it, find it, study it - you're born with it. Too many creative people don't want to learn how to be technical, so what happens? they become dependent on technical people. Become technical, you can learn that. If you're creative and technical, you're unstoppable. " |
