Friday 31 July 2009

The first dice decided film

Well, it's nearly 11pm on Friday night and it's been decided that a week from now there will be the first dice decided film. It means, basically, writing options for various elements of the film, and rolling the dice to decide which gets used. For example, when it comes to the title, there will be six options: however the dice rolls will decide which option we run with.

Same for the genre: will it be a comedy, an action film, a romantic thing, a horror film, something avant-garde, etc...

The nice thing about dice decisions is that they open the mind up to chance, and they take the awful responsibility away that so very often leads to stagnation and fear.

And yet they still incorporate elements of groundedness, reason and sensibility.

So this time next week the film will be made, and it will be posted online: no matter what. If I'm the only person in it, and I have to shoot it myself, the damn thing WILL BE MADE.

Dice willing, of course...

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