The Natural Order Of Things

warau said:
I am looking forward to seeing how your thoughts come across in another language and culture. I live in Japan and am still thinking about joining the fest but am somewhat concerned about the cultural and language issues. How well can you communicate without a translator? My main concern is directing and finding myself unable to describe nuances of a scene. And I would be considered fluent in Japanese by most people!
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I speak some Chinese, but will be using translators throughout the shoot.
But actually most of the actions/nuances come across in the script.

I wrote it in English and then my co-writer wrote a literal translation in Mandarin. But done this way, many lines of dialogue don't feel authentic and definitely feel like they have been translated. So we've been going through the script with our associate producer, who is a Beijing local. We've made many changes to make everything more authentic.

They've actually praised me for being willing enough to allow them to change some of the dialogue. Lots of other foreign directors haven't let them in the past.

It has been really challenging. Sometimes it takes us like two hours to go through a scene and make sure it feels natural in both Chinese and in the English subtitles. It's almost like working on two scripts at once.
 
Mile Bozicevic said:
15 pages of script?

It would be cool to post your script after the fest is over, so some of memebers (like ME ;D) could see how you managed to put 15 pages into 6 minutes. I think that's not so easy to do.

Of course, that is if you want to post the script online etc., I was just thinking.
Good luck.
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Yeah, I don't know if it can be squeezed down that much and still keep the story intact. It's highly doubtful.

In which case I don't know what I should do.

I guess either withdrawl my entry or enter it as non-competing.
 
Yeah, it'll have to wait at least a week. that's when I get back to the States.

It is a 15 minute short and that's how we shot it. Not sure if I'll be able to shave it down.
 
Some screen grabs. These are all raw with no color correction.

Enjoy!

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Thanks. We had some awesome Zeiss superspeeds (28mm T1.4, 50mm T1.4, 85m T1.4) and those really helped out a lot in terms of being able to shoot without tons of light.

The RED really does shine, but it really does come down to lighting.
I bought a Lite Panel mini that proved indispensable during this shoot.
We would normally have someone hold it and use it for either key, fill, effect, etc.
Slap some different gels on it, etc.

We have a really nice color palette for this film that I'm pretty stoked about.
 
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