Thanks! Though, I'm afraid I've unintentionally misled if I made it seem like I have a background in still photography. It was just one class, and only part of the class. I was taking Visual Anthropology. We spent the first half of the class talking about philosophical and ethical issues related to ethnographic filmmaking, and interview techniques. In between talking about anthropological stuff, we played with a still camera. Wasn't until the quarter was halfway over until we were finally allowed to start using video. Nevertheless, that was enough to instill in me the idea that your starting place is composing a single shot.
I'm afraid I won't be working with Titi again, which is a shame. Titi was really quite wonderful to work with, and I have a terrific working relationship with his agent/human. Unfortunately, Titi associates himself with Sidney Pawtier, and I just can't ever work with that cat again. He was very difficult on the set, did whatever he wanted, made demands from us, and at one point, even publicly berated our director of photography.
Boba Fett Weindl, Jr. was barely five years old (in dog years) when he made this, and like many child actors before him, the pressure of fame really got to him. It's not his fault; he never had a chance to live a proper puppyhood, forced into the limelight, his every personal detail exposed to the world. One time, he ate an entire bag of marijuana, and he has shown to have a strong obsessive/compulsive personality, particularly involving food and sex. The good news is that he's making a comeback. He just took a bit part in the upcoming feature, "Antihero", and he seems to be living a much more fulfilling live, ever since he betrothed himself to a lovely pit bull named Venus.
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