Scott Bloom's visit to STAC today was a great success and one of the reasons that makes me love stac so much. I was genuinely astonished and absorbent of the information provided for me today. Primarily, I came into this not knowing what to expect except that Scott Bloom must have worked hard and is now a success because of simply accomplishing the feat of producing a movie that is now going to play in some theaters. It doesn't even matter if the film does well, just the mere existence of it is impressive, however, I do think the film should do well. I liked the modern day movie vibe to express potential real life people, with dramatic yet believable issues.
I was intrigued to learn about the role of a producer in that it is not simply about providing the money. Although, all the tasks he mentioned of doing pretty much attributed to the person who has the money. I did have a thought in the back of my mind that producers didn't have the hardest job because all they had to do was provide and let the directors, technical people, actors etc. create the art. However, this was proven wrong. The stress put upon the producer to choose these people correctly and oversee the decisions in order to ensure that the project is a success could be more stressful than any other position just because there is so much to take care of. Like a baby, there is so much more to think about than making sure the baby gets fed.
One thing that I now noticed was the title was never really explained with the story. "Welcome to the Rileys" implies that we are being introduced into this family setting that is actually juxtaposed by the fact that the family is really no longer a typical structure. In the family there is a father figure, accounted for, as well as the child accounted for but the mother is not. Or at least she was not spoken about in our discussion. After watching a preview of this movie and looking at the actors accounted for. The wife is actually very much active throughout the plot. It was interesting to me that we spent class time focused on the father daughter relationship. Perhaps Bloom particularly embraced this aspect of the film more or thought it was more relevant to us as high school kids with parents to connect to.
"Like a baby, there is so much more to think about than making sure the baby gets fed." Great quote from you.
ReplyDeleteI think we focused on the father daughter aspect of the film because that is the centerpiece of it (the two biggest stars of the film are in the two roles) and also because the scenes we saw were sequential and highlighted that particular aspect of the film.
You always write good blogs. They're interesting and full of your own observations, and it is a delight to hear the surprise and wonder you have for the arts and what we do in STAC come out in your posts.