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February 10, 2010
A Small Piano
The result of discovering time and time again that magic never happens according to plans is that, eventually, you stop planning altogether. I've learned to trust in vague notions and my own eye for the moment. Sometimes I'm off, but it's worked often enough that I don't worry when, a few days before production, we have an 8 1/2-ish crew meeting that consists of shrugs, laughter and a handful of assurances that flying by the seat of our collective pants is actually going to work.
And so it is that, as I write this, I can hear the buzz of circular saws in the studio next door, constructing a set on which something will happen. We decided not to use motion control. We also gave up on the livestock idea. And while we were out shopping for a chandelier to drop this morning, Toby and I caught sight of a small piano.
DAVID: What if a piano came crashing down instead of a chandelier?
TOBY: That's not a piano.
And that's how these things develop.
Posted by David Lowery at February 10, 2010 2:52 PM