I had this discussion with someone:
Me: Some scenes the writer should have a say how it must be shot.
Him: Only if he's the one doing the shooting, and I can assure you it'll change on the day.
Me: In my case, as a writer-director it doesn't matter.
Him: It will when you discover nothing you directed on the page can be shot that way.
and this did make me think. Say for example I am shooting a readaptation of Night of the living dead on an island. How will I write the scenes(or any scenes) of the stuff that goes on....random talking shots walking along a street, they find a telephone booth etc etc without actually visiting the location and taking pictures and creating massive records?
I'd say in big productions of Hollywood they just make or create them but what on this independent level?
Me: Some scenes the writer should have a say how it must be shot.
Him: Only if he's the one doing the shooting, and I can assure you it'll change on the day.
Me: In my case, as a writer-director it doesn't matter.
Him: It will when you discover nothing you directed on the page can be shot that way.
and this did make me think. Say for example I am shooting a readaptation of Night of the living dead on an island. How will I write the scenes(or any scenes) of the stuff that goes on....random talking shots walking along a street, they find a telephone booth etc etc without actually visiting the location and taking pictures and creating massive records?
I'd say in big productions of Hollywood they just make or create them but what on this independent level?