interviews from dc shorts on ourstage

after the initial joy of having finished production wore off, i was in a state of depression while editing. i always go through it, where all i see are the mistakes. i actually yell at my monitor, like how people yell at the tv when they watch sports. i’ll say, why are you out of…

here are some notes i was scribbling. they look like jibberish, but the notes make sense to me. this is an important part of the brainstorming process where i play around with different blocking of the actors in relation to the camera. to me, storyboards by themselves aren’t that useful, but they help me figure…

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