{"id":3515,"date":"2010-07-28T23:46:44","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T22:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=3515"},"modified":"2010-07-28T23:51:41","modified_gmt":"2010-07-28T22:51:41","slug":"video-from-the-latin-i-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=3515","title":{"rendered":"Video (from the Latin: ‘I see’)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m desperately trying to keep this away from a Bristol-related rant. And also I’m going to work hard to keep this away from an ‘Underage and Having Sex’ (which we’re currently watching) rant…<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m thinking of making a video.<\/p>\n

No, really. A proper one, not one of those<\/em> videos!<\/p>\n

My sitcom sits on the hard-disk; finished and ready to get pimped around London. I think it’s not a bad piece of writing, obviously, otherwise I wouldn’t be setting myself up for the pain and rejection that the odds indicate are going to come my way.<\/p>\n

I also think it’s not a bad piece of comedic writing (which isn’t much of an indication of quality, because writing comedy has always been my weak suit).<\/p>\n

But, and here’s my problem, I’m having trouble seeing it as a piece of visual… stuff.<\/p>\n

And that’s why I’m thinking of making a video.<\/p>\n

Because making a video would help me with the visualisation, no? And it would give me an opportunity to fine-tune the screenplay and really help to develop the shooting-script. No?<\/p>\n

It wouldn’t be a posh job.<\/p>\n

We’re talking a wobbly hand-held or tripod-mounted camera and the whole product subjected to some seriously bad editing.<\/p>\n

But the soundtrack would be a killer. And the soundtrack is a significant component of the sitcom.<\/p>\n

My dilemma is, unfortunately, twofold.<\/p>\n

Dilemma #1. Setting. Apart from the opening scene, all of episode one is set indoors – but in three different sets. But I think that could be OK. This isn’t supposed to be the finished article, and with a little creativity from the props department (me!) and a bucketload of imagination from the viewers (probably no-one), I think we can work around this.<\/p>\n

Dilemma #2. The cast. Episode 1 scripts 6 speaking parts and a bunch of non-speaking extras. Even from the position that no-one will be expecting Oscar-winning performances, how does one begin getting the potential company together, where from and – when they’ve been found – what’s the best way of casting?<\/p>\n

Hmmm… I think I need to consult an AmDram specialist. Fortunately, I have one at the stables.<\/p>\n

In other news…<\/p>\n

The girl on the television in the show ‘Underage and Having Sex’ was just talking about how, as a 13-year-old, she had sex for the first time.<\/p>\n

She said ‘It happened, I don’t know how’.<\/p>\n

Well dear, I could be a million miles off target with this, but I’d hazard a guess that you let him put his cock in your cunt. Is there anything else you need to know?<\/p>\n

Tsk, kids.<\/p>\n

As you can see, I successfully avoided a Bristol rant, but the ‘Underage and Having Sex’ rant just kind of slipped out. Sorry.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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