I'm working on an Independent Study Film right now. It's really fun, and there are a lot of talented people working on it. Many of them are in the theater school. I am not. Not because the theater school isn't good or anything, but it kinda seems like a particular type of person is in the theater school and I'm not that person... I digress. The point is that these people are talented and we are working toward a common goal of making this movie as awesometastic as we can. I don't feel like I should be competative with any of them, and with most I am not, however, I have noticed that I am with one particular person. This person happens to be a female. Her role is smaller than mine, but the director has allowed her to do many extra improvised takes. We take time out of the day to let her do these shots. I love improv. And here's the kicker. All of the takes are really funny. She's good. Really good. But I want to be able to do improvised takes too!
So I take these thoughts home and push them through the lens of this class. I believe I am more competative with this particular person because I am so very passionate about improv. Also, I prolly want to be the funniest person on set, which is selfish and mildly dickish, but if I'm not honest with my blog for games class then who can I be honest with? Our similarities made me more competative. Even in a room of intimidating theatery people, I compete most with the person who I share more interests with than anybody else.
Questions for the rest of the world. Do you think her gender matters? I'm still figuring that into the equation. She's female, which isn't like me, but somehow it makes me feel slightly more threatened. How can this film set be translated into a game? Maybe I can save that for another post, but it seems like an interesting idea to me.
Here's a picture of set. Hooray!
