In my current project “The Beautymaker” I have a manipulative woman nesting herself into a group of people with the intention to sabotage their project.
I wasn’t clear about how she did this.
And then of course clueless about how the group would handle it, because they must still deliver their project in time.
The point with this is that their project gets involuntarily better. The saboteur’s actions and the group’s efforts to hide the damage makes the final result better.
The project is a film.
First I thought that she would manipulate them to act wrong, but how visible is that? How do common people in the audience see that the acting is bad or wrong? It can’t be bad-bad acting because it would not be plausible, but simply a matter of timing and beat.
No way that I could make this work.
Compare this with a story containing excellent dancing, writing or something that others admire and brings the main character to fame and glory. Then we are told that what they do is extraordinary. We are told that in this world, in this particular story, what they do right now is worth a gold medal.
In my story the bad guy would manipulate the actors to do a bad job and the director does not notice. So nobody is there for the audience to tell them that something is wrong, that the actors make a mistake.
No way would it work.
But the solution revealed itself on the bus on my way home yesterday.
There are more visible things for her to sabotage.
And when they try to cover this, the "scars" give their story a depth they didn't intend, but for which they are praised.
3 comments:
Sometimes its bad directing and not bad acting at all. Bad directors can make good actors look bad. I like the concept.
I guess I know too little about acting.
But I do believe it would be hard to get the picture through to the audience about what is happening - that the actors are acting bad. A ripped dress is more easy to get.
Yes, I think you're right. Many things don't translate to movies.
As a director and producer there is always a danger I'll fall in love with the process and forget that the story comes first.
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