So... I finally have internet access. I saved your fic as a word doc. to be able to read it even without internet. I read it. Days ago. You know I like to comment on every part, but since I didn't read it in parts, I can't. Also, I always comment right after I finish reading, because I want to be able to remember all the details and all the things the fic made me feel/think. I can't do that now, and it saddens me. All of this is to tell you that this is NOT the comment you deserve; but it's what I can do given the fact that it's been days since I read it, and that I'm still shocked about what happened to my city D:
First of all: Because I know NOTHING about filmmaking, I thought I'd be just skimming through the 'technical' parts of the story, and just focus on the dialogues and love stories. I guess I forgot YOU WROTE THE FIC, right? OF COURSE you made me want to know about all the process, about who does what, about how overtime works, and about the dailies, about the studio breathing down the producer/director's neck, about shoots and frames and lights and just EVERYTHING.
Now let's talk about Gerard. What I loved the most about him, aside from the fact that he's such a failboat when it comes to love, was his PASSION. I guess it's different for him than for other directors, because he wrote the screenplay; so he knows the characters' motivations, he knows how everything should look like. If anything goes wrong, or different from how he wrote it, it'd be BECAUSE HE, AS THE DIRECTOR, ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN. This striked especially true when he goes to see Bert's movie, and he gets a glimpse of what a studio can do to someone's project, so he swears he wouldn't let that happen to TUA. Also, I loved that he wanted to keep the movie a little bit longer to himself. It was like a parent that want their kid to go to college and do something big with their life; but at the same time they want to keep their baby a little bit longer. Knowing that you have to let go doesn't make it any easier to actually do it. I loved how much he leaned on Mikey and Bob (I LOVE YOU, YOU MADE HIM SAVE THE DAY AND BE ZEN AND AWESOME! Invisible hands my ass, fuck you Geeway :P ) to keep his sanity. I loved how much he trusts his crew, all of them. He's Gerard, so he's still a little bit of an egomaniac (or is it egotistical? I never get those right) because that's just how he is; but you can tell that he's perfectly aware of the fact that every single crew member is a key element to make his movie a reality. He's on top of everything but he lets people work, he lets the experts handle it. Also, he's Gerard, so OF COURSE HE'S A FAILBOAT WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE. It amazes me that he can have so many communication problems, considering that he obviously loves the sound of his own voice in every other circumstance. Maybe that's what happens with workaholics, especially with workaholics that have had a bad experience already. I felt like Gerard was fine, he was busy with his movie, he probably felt alone sometimes but not enough to risk going through something like what happened with Bert again, so he was FINE. And then he had to fight his attraction for Brian, and he was so busy repressing his feelings that he didn't get Brian's hints; and then when he finally got to sleep with Brian then he was so afraid of assuming stuff, so afraid of screwing it up that OF COURSE, HE ENDED UP SCREWING IT UP. Thank god for the invite! HE'S A VISUAL PERSON, OKAY? He can't be blamed for his faily ways, HE CAN ONLY BE ENLIGHTENED WITH IMAGES, NOT WORDS.
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First of all: Because I know NOTHING about filmmaking, I thought I'd be just skimming through the 'technical' parts of the story, and just focus on the dialogues and love stories. I guess I forgot YOU WROTE THE FIC, right? OF COURSE you made me want to know about all the process, about who does what, about how overtime works, and about the dailies, about the studio breathing down the producer/director's neck, about shoots and frames and lights and just EVERYTHING.
Now let's talk about Gerard. What I loved the most about him, aside from the fact that he's such a failboat when it comes to love, was his PASSION. I guess it's different for him than for other directors, because he wrote the screenplay; so he knows the characters' motivations, he knows how everything should look like. If anything goes wrong, or different from how he wrote it, it'd be BECAUSE HE, AS THE DIRECTOR, ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN. This striked especially true when he goes to see Bert's movie, and he gets a glimpse of what a studio can do to someone's project, so he swears he wouldn't let that happen to TUA. Also, I loved that he wanted to keep the movie a little bit longer to himself. It was like a parent that want their kid to go to college and do something big with their life; but at the same time they want to keep their baby a little bit longer. Knowing that you have to let go doesn't make it any easier to actually do it. I loved how much he leaned on Mikey and Bob (I LOVE YOU, YOU MADE HIM SAVE THE DAY AND BE ZEN AND AWESOME! Invisible hands my ass, fuck you Geeway :P ) to keep his sanity. I loved how much he trusts his crew, all of them. He's Gerard, so he's still a little bit of an egomaniac (or is it egotistical? I never get those right) because that's just how he is; but you can tell that he's perfectly aware of the fact that every single crew member is a key element to make his movie a reality. He's on top of everything but he lets people work, he lets the experts handle it.
Also, he's Gerard, so OF COURSE HE'S A FAILBOAT WHEN IT COMES TO LOVE. It amazes me that he can have so many communication problems, considering that he obviously loves the sound of his own voice in every other circumstance. Maybe that's what happens with workaholics, especially with workaholics that have had a bad experience already. I felt like Gerard was fine, he was busy with his movie, he probably felt alone sometimes but not enough to risk going through something like what happened with Bert again, so he was FINE. And then he had to fight his attraction for Brian, and he was so busy repressing his feelings that he didn't get Brian's hints; and then when he finally got to sleep with Brian then he was so afraid of assuming stuff, so afraid of screwing it up that OF COURSE, HE ENDED UP SCREWING IT UP. Thank god for the invite! HE'S A VISUAL PERSON, OKAY? He can't be blamed for his faily ways, HE CAN ONLY BE ENLIGHTENED WITH IMAGES, NOT WORDS.