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According to Doyle…
“Making movies on location is nothing but problems—
weather, bugs, batteries. Murphy is sometimes the
13th party member. You never know when he’s going
to show up. When things can go wrong they will go
wrong, but you learn to expect that. How to deal with
people, that’s the toughest thing going. Learning how
to make decisions, that can be the hardest part of
making a movie, too.”
movies will also be aired on either CPTV
or the local access station.
“The nice thing about the whole
procedure,” says Rick, “is that people
have the opportunity to write, to act, to
direct, and to go on location. Going on
location centers everyone; that’s the only
way we can do a movie in nine or ten
days. But it’s more than just that. It’s
the whole idea of going together to an
unusual place and living as a group. We
become an extended family with a
shared objective—to make a movie.
Even then, the movie is fifth down the
pole of importance on these trips: safety,
food, water, shelter, then the movie.
Social activities are way down the list.”
“It was probably the most intensive
learning process I’ve ever been
through,” said Cordy Wagner while
editing his movie this fall. “Definitely
the most rewarding.”
This article originated in The Taft Papyrus last
November. Nathan Whittaker is the paper’s
arts editor and a highly talented cellist.
Eric Hansen and Aaron Kovalchik, in the boat, seem to be at the mercy of Josh Einstein,
as this group learns to film on the water.
The trees—gentle, mossy green, gorgeous weather. That’s part of the experience, says Doyle,
the beauty of these places. Eric Hansen and Matt Donahue survey the awesome setting.
Taft Bulletin 11