It took a little longer than anticipated, but LRC is finally finished. Shot mostly on an incredibly dreary March day, during a temporary phase of personal fatness (although still nowhere near what this particularly unsavoury skank would have you believe…), the completion of my directorial debut (as modest as it may be) represents a serious quantity of dirt off my shoulder. While this film isn’t exactly La Dolce Vita (although it does contain a Fellini reference, because I’m cool like that), the response so far has been incredibly positive. In other words: this project should at least help get the ball rolling for me as a filmmaker.
As far as directing goes… I very much enjoyed the experience on a number of levels, and I instantly felt at home in this particular role. Despite the extreme limitations of time, equipment, and personnel around which I had to work in order to get this project shot, I proved myself quite adept to relentlessly leading the charge from one set-up to the next without delay. Granted, I was afforded the luxury of working with a cast and crew consisting of very talented and hard-working individuals, without any of whom this film would have never been shot. Perhaps the biggest life lesson I learned from this experience was the importance of working with others, and not attempting to do everything myself.
Anyway, this is probably the closest I will ever get to shooting comedy, so enjoy it while you can…
Tags: directing, federico fellini, film, filmmaking, la dolce vita, short film
