{"id":131,"date":"2008-03-21T22:42:01","date_gmt":"2008-03-21T10:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/21\/toonai-pre-prod-day-6-2\/"},"modified":"2024-01-04T19:18:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T06:18:59","slug":"toonai-pre-prod-day-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/toonai-pre-prod-day-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"“To’ona’i” Pre-prod Day -5"},"content":{"rendered":"

This<\/strong> is the spirit: five adult males squeeze into a family station-wagon and travel the general Auckland area on a technical recce. \u00a0(Reality check: \u00a0it wasn’t always five, mostly it was four; and by ‘general Auckland area’ I mean from Mangere Bridge to Grey Lynn and some in between.)<\/p>\n

You know those pics they show of directors squinting through\u00a0a viewfinder? \u00a0Got introduced to one today. \u00a0They’re called a ‘chewey’ (phonetic – no idea how they spell it normally) (best guess from the pros on its etymology was that it helps the director and DP ‘choose’ lenses). \u00a0I felt rather directorly as I gingerly held it and squinted through it.<\/p>\n

Six\u00a0hours\u00a0of driving and looking and talking. \u00a0But as Mr Forster pointed out, the hard yards that are put in during pre-production means less headaches, surprises and drama during actual production. \u00a0Being the lazy-arse that I am, I just wish someone else could do it on my behalf.<\/p>\n

I don’t remember any of this kind of stuff being shown in the making-of shows of my distant youth. \u00a0You just saw the director arrive on set in a supercar, given a coffee as he strolled to the set-up where everyone’s dutifully waiting, taking his personalised seat, and yelling ‘action!’.<\/p>\n

Maybe on the next production.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is the spirit: five adult males squeeze into a family station-wagon and travel the general Auckland area on a technical recce. \u00a0(Reality check: \u00a0it wasn’t always five, mostly it was four; and by ‘general Auckland area’ I mean from Mangere Bridge to Grey Lynn and some in between.) You know those pics they show … <\/p>\n

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