Last weekend, I went to Riverside again to shoot my second film as a assignment for the class in my school. This time there is no restriction on making short film except time limit that is 5 minutes at maximum. We could choose any kinds of theme such as science fiction, comedy, action, and documentary, and then I chose drama because I shot a kind of psychotic suspense. I started to imagine what story I would take. I tried to remember complete short cartoons in Japanese magazine, tried to search a lot of sources on the internet, and I also listened to music to sharpen my sense. Then an idea flashed into my mind when I was on a train listening one song, which title was "HITORIBOCCHI-NO-HABURASHI" meaning lonely toothbrush in Japanese. After that my story board could progress quickly.
This is an example of suffering of making movie, which is also pleasure of making movie. There are a lot of suffering and pleasure when I make a movie. For example, thinking about story as mentioned above, planning budget, location hunting, prepareing for items, ofcourse shooting itself, and editing.
What is the most interesting process for me? I can't choose one out of these process.
Making film resembles travel in some points. I mean, when I travel, first of all, I check up the place where I want to visit, which resembles location hunting. Second, I make a rough schedule, or itinerary, which resembles shooting plan. Third, I start thinking how much I can afford, which is same with planning budget. Next, I travel actually, which ofcource equals shooting. Finally, I print photos I shot during travel and make photo albums, which resembles editing.
Each process of travel is equally fun for me, and I can't tell the best process for me from other process. Making movie is also same. Each process is really important and interesting for me because if I lack one of these process, I can't complete a movie.
There is another factor of travel. That is making home-page to share my experience with my friends and general public. This is worth advertising in making movie. Surely, I suffer and enjoy this process with making trailer of my film and e-mailed it.
Now I'm planning third film, which is 30 minutes long film. I will shoot it during winter vacation. Therefore, I won't need to spend boring time because suffering and pleasure are waiting for me.