Monday, October 27, 2008

The Morbitiy of Being a Film Major.

Corporate video, weddings, and life's little frivolities, are always offered as a "Plan-B" for film majors. I know I'm not going to be the next Speilberg or Lucas, but there is a middle ground in between "pre-teen summer block busters" and "How to replace your hot tub filter. What about documenting the human condition in a visual format? What ever happened to that concept? If there is still some crazy SOB that still goes out with a camera or two, turning over each stone and documenting content that the usual passer by would just ignore, or the over zealous film executive would clean off and smush.

I want to report all that bleck before it's turned to mush. Are we one-hundred percent certain that under every stone is grubs and slime? I'm willing to bet that under a few ordrinary rocks there is a total microcosm of beauty, pitty, or a world that we as humans can't comprehend. Why isn't this offered as "plan C?" I want to document something with more permanence than the sand on the beach or a Orange County wedding.

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