Annie Rhiannon

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

To the Left of the Midwest

I want to make another short film one day, on the road in the American Deep South. I know... everybody wants to make an American Deep South road-trip movie. That's the whole point of cinema, isn't it?

Jenna laughs. My script, she says, is less 'Deep South' and more 'to the left of the Midwest'. She's from Oregon and finds it funny that I'm writing about somewhere I've never actually been.

Jenna! Does she think Shakespeare ever actually went to Venice?!

She just laughs harder — I'm comparing myself to Shakespeare again. Then she finishes her coffee, takes my pen, and draws a map of America on a paper napkin.

15 comments:

  1. Depending on how close you are to Vegas, it's actually got a culture all its own...and I'd have to agree it's certainly nothing like the Deep Douth (or Midwest)...no interest in a Mid-Atlantic-set story? I'd consult for free.

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  2. Jenna after reading this post: "Eh? What's a biro?"

    lollerskates

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  3. If you need a B-DP, or a B-Flunkie, count me in.

    and when will we see your first short film (with the box grater and pretty red-cloaked girl)?

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  4. I suggest the Midwest itself. We're quite interesting, and have many stories to tell. You have an open invitation to visit and soak up the scene and talk Story anytime.

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  5. Don't tell Jenna, but Humphrey Bogart never went to Casablanca, either.

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  6. Rimshot: that was the thing I did at christmas, Magpie, and I haven't edited it yet. It's constantly at the back of my mind though. I'll get onto it when I finish colllege.

    My first film, "Grammar School" isn't allowed to be shown online yet because of stupid copyright red-tape stuff. But I will send you a copy. And if anyone else wants to see it then please email me:

    annie (dot) rhiannon (at) gmail (dot) com

    Thanks for all the invites and offers of advice. I'll take all that I can get.

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  7. There's nothing more fun than conjuring up a map using table furnishings as props. The amount of Wales-shaped beer mats I left lying around the bars of Canada...

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  8. Flirty15.4.08

    i'm impressed she got america to fit on a napkin

    ps - love the new blog, very classy

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  9. Tee hee, what Americans don't realise is that outsiders don't consider it a real place. It's just a big set for movies and TV shows.

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  10. Flirty! LOL!!!

    Question - is someone from Oregon qualified to talk about the Deep South?

    *Ducking and running for cover*

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  11. Somebody from Oregon who has lived in Richmond for several years is qualified to talk about the Deep South. Annie, let us Southerners know if you plan to come!

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  12. Also (and this is critical), she doesn't call it a "biro."


    Ps. LOVE the new color scheme. Much easier on the eyes. And classy (the use of which word i realize instantly makes me NOT, but i don't care).

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  13. oh balls. again, i posted a comment without reading the previous comments, and you beat me to my own joke. that's the second time this week that's happened. *sigh*

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  14. Check out "Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus" if you haven't seen it already.

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389361/

    Andrew, in the deepest south (NZ). :)

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  15. Annie, if you want to tour the "Left of the Midwest" my leftist comrades and I would be glad to oblige.

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