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Whenever you're watching a horror movie and you know that a jump scare is going to happen, why is the director, almost by design, wanting me to know this is about to — why are we giving away our cues here?

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4d ago

David's help and input was always to expand what I'd started and just more to think about more colors, more ideas, more suggestions about how to really deepen and enrich the character, the scene, the moment, whatever it might call for.

4w ago

the next challenge may be less about speed and more about control, from camera movement and lighting to characters, motion, and lip sync

1mo ago

I think so many movies, and obviously especially horror movies, 'if we don't have a jump scare every minute and a half, the audience will revolt' is the popular line of thinking. And I wanted this movie to have this very clear tonal line in the sand that said, no, you, I want you to feel like this movie can become anything — but the one thing that it will be is romantic, unexpected and joyful.

2mo ago

I'm forced into the choice of having, you know, two actors who can probably half sing or two musicians who can half act. And he says, I'd rather, if it's a musical film, I'd rather have two musicians who can half act. And I'll get a performance out of you. And he says, as long as the music's convincing, I think people are going to believe it.

3mo ago

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