My friend Jason and I often put our heads together on ideas. He is a film maker and actor and we find we balance each other in certain areas. He had a screen play that needed work along with an idea for another piece. I've agreed to help him with both.
I've been working on Alpha and Omega for about three days now. Without giving too much away it concerns pre and post Katrina New Orleans and the lives of several people during this period.
We've had major head butting on which characters should be deleted and who's vision is truer. In the end I felt it best I approach the project as if it's a job.
Jason hired me to perform a specific task and it is my job to do it. I am finding it's forcing me to apply my meager talents in new and challenging ways. I have to give life and depth to characters that would not ordinarily people any work of mine. I am learning that all my school work was preparing me for this type of JOB, not performance art. I'm curious to see the end result. I'll keep you posted.
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