The second conference call
I’m riding high! I think we’ve really got a great team here! We brought a new guy on board, someone with a lot of on-the-ground experience with locations, etc., and (of course) he had yet more input for things that needed fixing. Makes sense, since if we have way too many locations, and he’s the one who has to find them, and see that stuff gets moved around, he wants to keep all that to a minimum.
As I was able to explain – writing the initial script, all you think about is the story. Budget comes later. So now we pare down, beef up, and play to the groundlings….
We went over ways to add more violence, and I think I got a really great handle on what I can do to beef that up. As the guys pointed out – I’ve got a good script for the thinking audience, but now we have to put in the stuff that keeps the groundlings happy.
What are groundlings? Well, in Shakespeare’s day, the theater had upper tiers of boxes and a big open space, like a mosh pit, right in front of the stage – that’s where the poor and less sophisticated audience members stood to watch. Being less concerned with the language and plot, they were kept entertained by the violence and broad comedy.
