Stargate: Found!
Penguin January 22nd, 2008
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Un-freakin’-believable… and there was a pair of ‘em! Both sides of a mold made specifically to crank out weensy little StarGates about 9″ across. Personally, I’d always thought Richard Dean Anderson was taller than that, but whatever…
That is crazy awesome! To stumble into a junkyard and find THE Stargate!
Aside from the whole Stargate aspect, I found this really interesting:
If you embrace the philosophy of improvisational fabrication , a scrapyard is the best possible place to fritter away an afternoon looking for…whatever. ‘Whatever’ can manifest itself in unexpected ways, provided you a) pay attention, b) avoid over-focusing and c) recognize opportunities.
What if we applied this philosophy to film-making? Yesterday, I posted about how I was just too focused. If we looked around and paid attention to opportunities that arise, we could make some truly amazing films. Not just noticing shots, but also noticing characters, scenes, snippets of dialogue, or entire stories.
And sometimes, we’ll stumble on something wonderful, like a Stargate!
-Penguin
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