{"id":116535,"date":"2016-04-27T20:42:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T00:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=116535"},"modified":"2019-07-06T12:23:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-06T16:23:54","slug":"july-and-half-of-august-some-screengrabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=116535","title":{"rendered":"July and Half of August<\/i>: Some Screengrabs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last February there was the madness of making a movie<\/a>, with serious discussions about pool balls, how to film neon signs, how to hide Green Bay Packers memorabilia, Annika\/Monica confusion, plus what kind of ice cubes go in a glass of whiskey. Everything matters, especially if you want to tell a whole story in only 12 minutes.<\/p>\n

Of course I could see how beautiful it all looked on the monitor but that was a very different thing from seeing it all put together as I did last Saturday in Albuquerque. Director Brandeaux Tourville took on this project with passion: He knew what he wanted it to look like. He didn’t want to “conceptualize” it, he wanted the characters to be the focus. He worked with the cinematographer, the talented Peter Mosiman, to get it right. They were both very excited about filming in black and white. I loved the idea because black and white is a little bit more universal than color (for some reason), but it’s also romantic, maybe a little bit sad too. The film is two people sitting at a bar talking but Brandeaux and Peter thought hard about how to make it cinematic without<\/i> taking away from the story.<\/p>\n

I know how movies are made. But this is my first script and my first time watching something I wrote get filmed, as a bunch of people lugged boom mikes and lights around that small bar, and the two gorgeous actors – Annika Marks and Robert Baker – kept their focus to make the scene happen.<\/p>\n

Here are some glimpses of what the film looks like. <\/p>\n

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