Japanese article

Rotwang · Post by **Rotwang** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:33 am

http://robot.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/ne ... 6/201.html

Actroid in action.

droidlvr · Post by **droidlvr** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:21 am

Yay,thanks Rotwang for that link. She looks GREAT!! wish I could have some of that!!
And for the 101st time I must say go Japan!!

visceralpsyche · Post by **visceralpsyche** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:27 am

Ah, I'm so much looking forward to getting back to Japan next year, this time to live and work

Exciting times...

droidlvr · Post by **droidlvr** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:35 am

Visceralpsyche,I've not been able to order your movie yet but I must acknowlege that right now you're our only hope when it comes to any actual motion picture for we ASFRians. Good luck to you and here's hoping for more Japanese ASFRians through you.

visceralpsyche · Post by **visceralpsyche** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:18 am

....Atlas shrugged....

So this is what it feels like to have the weight of the world on one's shoulders!

But seriously, I hope to one day fulfil your wish.

Right now I feel terribly limited by a lack of finances and locations in which to create a story worthy of my ideas that can make it to the big screen. Getting to Japan has been the first step for me to turn this around. Once there I will endeavour to complete my short trilogy as well as establish enough contacts in film to build a base from which to operate and create the feature.

The other major motivator there will be the environment and culture. I've felt a little bit under-appreciated here in Australia because our society is not big on futuristic themes sadly (neither is our local movie industry). Japan is of course entirely the opposite, so I hope to find a niche market there that I cannot seem to find here. A fusion of Western and Eastern ideas built around a solid framework of emotional concepts to do with robotics should make for a very unique and interesting feature film. This is my intent and over the next twelve months I plan to put the pieces in place to make it happen. It's not an overnight process unfortunately, but fear not - my tenacity and perseverance are legendary among my friends and associates! I don't quit, EVER.

You WILL get your movie even if it takes a couple of years. Count on it.

minkwheel · Post by **minkwheel** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:24 am

Hi Paul. --When you get to Japan, try looking up GAGA COMUNICATIONS, and one of their bigwigs (if he's still there) TETSUO FUJIMORA ..he enjoys working with westerners, and folks with 'vision" ...He has worked in the past with TROMA FILMS on TOXIC AVENGER 2, and SGT. KABUKIMAN NYPD ....GAGA is a distribution company, but does do a lot of filmwork of their own--and they love to hear pitches.....at least the folks that worked wit Lloyd Kaufman were extremely helpful.........a word to the wise while filming in JAPAN.....research their style of "working" on set before trying to totally oversee a project....if you are willing to work in SOME OF THEIR TRADITIONAL WAYS in film, and not bring in total MAVERICK FILMMAKING TECHNIQUES...your staff will be more than willing to get your production done (by this, I mean, they have a certain work ethic, and different shooting schedules--stand back on some sets and observe things....adapt what you see into WHAT YOU ARE GOING for... If you just come in and take over ther reigns...your team in Japan will be sluggish and have a "working for the MAN" type of attitude...Japanese people LOVE Western culture movies, but with everything FOREIGN, they MUST put their OWN SPIN on things to fully embrace it. (a little secret.... shoot nudie and naughty bits first to get all of the nervousness out of the way with the crew...and then whenever possible, shoot everything else in SEQUENCE, so that problems along the way of shooting can be rewritten, without totally compromising the project. prima donna actors are more cooperative when they learn they can be REPLACED anytime while using this shooting style. Okay...enough from ME....Thanks for reading- minkwheel

visceralpsyche · Post by **visceralpsyche** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:46 am

Hi minkwheel,

thanks for that wealth of info!

I definitely agree with your thoughts re: fitting in to their style of filmmaking so I don't forsee any problems should I get the opportunity. Your little secret about getting nudity etc out of the way early is not foreign to me - I did exactly that on "Eve" (first shot of the movie was the first shot done on the first day of production!). As for prima donna actors... well, I don't hire them, simple as that

I make sure I can work with people before I place them in a role and always audition them to see that they can work with me as well.

Cheers!

minkwheel · Post by **minkwheel** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:30 pm

Troma also does MANY auditons, the main audition they do with actresses is the main scene that they will be nude in....auditions are filmed with DV CAMERAS with lighting that mimics what they want for the real shoot...they must audition in the nude. if the actress balks at THIS stage of production, there are hints that she'll freeze up and not do the nudity when it's called for.... Most folks on a Troma film do not get paid, only the main actors, and stunt folks, along with other professionals...most everyone else are volunteers and students. They are eager to work on a production, and will have MANY credits to add to their resume' by the end of the shoot, because EVERYONE is given several tasks to deal with.....at the start of production, there are usually 150 people working on it...by the end, you have about 25, but they are a very tight unit by then, and you get rid of the incompetants....making a GOOD movie with people who are serious about the production. TROMA FILMS may not be ART to some, the folks that don't like them just aren't in on the JOKE.. No matter what kind of film you're making....it is a LONG, AND VERY TOUGH PROCESS just to get your vision OUT THERE. --you know that FIRST HAND. --MINKWHEEL.