This was the quickest I have ever worked on set. Man I was giving out directions like a machine gun! People were flying every which way, we were getting good angles and acting quickly. Overall it's a very energetic scene that ends excitingly.

I've been thinking a lot lately about the fundamentals of filmmaking. I mean, any old jerk can get a camera, set of some gothic lighting and get some funky angle, but does that make any movie any better? What's better, a fancy angle that lends nothing or a simple angle that complements the scene? In "For the Love of the Dame" I learned about pacing a movie. I thought that was brilliant, and that I had tapped into some hidden knowledge that not many people had. In "The Dingbat", I learned a lot about putting together a bigger production, and a lot about framing action. In "Springtime Love" I meddled around with camera tricks but otherwise didn't develope a whole lot. In "Spade on the River" I am learning a ton about picking appropriate camera angles. Sometimes the angles are fancy, but mostly they are plane. Actually, mostly they suck, to be honest. I'm learning. I look at a lot of the angles I have now and cringe, but I'm either reshooting them or living with them. Next movie I'll have all this stuff down like second nature.