Documenting the experience of making a feature film.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Celebrity
I mentioned the idea of celebrity in a previous post and also Andrew Garfield in another so I figured I shall make a post mentioning them both in one.
I saw Andrew Garfield tonight during a discussion panel at the 2010 AFI Film Festival. It was a cool event that featured him as well as Jesse Eisenberg and Carey Mulligan.
I really would have loved to have taken a picture with him but unfortunately since he's about to be the new Spiderman he was getting swarmed.
If anybody is unfamiliar with him, I have had a "mancrush" on him ever since I saw his performance in "Boy A". I think he is an amazingly talented actor and I would've been just as eager to get a photo a few years ago as I was tonight, if not more so. When I saw him get swarmed by photographers I felt a bit sad.
I personally would not enjoy the feeling of "celebrity". Most people assume that people make movies because they want to become rich and famous. I think the most successful of all filmmakers and actors that make it in the long haul are the ones that do it with true passion and conviction. It was very clear that the three actors I saw tonight have those traits.
It's strange that just because they are now famous everybody wants to be associated with them. It was apparent during their discussion panel that it is overwhelming for them to figure it all out themselves. I would hate the thought of not knowing who you can trust and who actually cares about you for "who you are" not "what you are". If that even makes sense.
I'm sure these three actors will have a long successful career because they have the passion in their hearts to pursue this roller coaster of a career.
Hopefully my film will be a success and put this sort of a burden upon my actors and actresses. I'm pretty sure that it's a burden none of them wouldn't mind bearing.
-Ryan.
I saw Andrew Garfield tonight during a discussion panel at the 2010 AFI Film Festival. It was a cool event that featured him as well as Jesse Eisenberg and Carey Mulligan.
I really would have loved to have taken a picture with him but unfortunately since he's about to be the new Spiderman he was getting swarmed.
If anybody is unfamiliar with him, I have had a "mancrush" on him ever since I saw his performance in "Boy A". I think he is an amazingly talented actor and I would've been just as eager to get a photo a few years ago as I was tonight, if not more so. When I saw him get swarmed by photographers I felt a bit sad.
I personally would not enjoy the feeling of "celebrity". Most people assume that people make movies because they want to become rich and famous. I think the most successful of all filmmakers and actors that make it in the long haul are the ones that do it with true passion and conviction. It was very clear that the three actors I saw tonight have those traits.
It's strange that just because they are now famous everybody wants to be associated with them. It was apparent during their discussion panel that it is overwhelming for them to figure it all out themselves. I would hate the thought of not knowing who you can trust and who actually cares about you for "who you are" not "what you are". If that even makes sense.
I'm sure these three actors will have a long successful career because they have the passion in their hearts to pursue this roller coaster of a career.
Hopefully my film will be a success and put this sort of a burden upon my actors and actresses. I'm pretty sure that it's a burden none of them wouldn't mind bearing.
-Ryan.
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