Preparing for Mistakes



          Now that I've finally finished the research and financing stages and am planning to go into pre-production, I can't keep from thinking about one thing: this is going to be a mess. I know I should be positive about it and optimistic of the experience, but honestly I can't do it. I can't help from thinking of all the ways that this project could fall apart or simply not be appealing or entertaining to anyone even if we do pull it off. Not all is lost, though. Just a brief look at the film industry showed me that sometimes even the greatest films ever seemed like a dumpster fire during production.



Image result for blade runner set ridley scott harrison ford          One very popular example in Sci-Fi specifically is Blade Runner, which, when I looked more into it, is one of the greatest examples of a disaster production scenario (in this case, multiple disaster scenarios) becoming a legendary film. In fact, the horrible production scenario became so infamous that multiple documentaries and books were made about it. One of which (Future Noir: The Making of Blade Runner) tells about how the director, Ridley Scott, was literally in a worst case scenario. Filming shoots ran late, he wasn't used to American film crews, the executives were furious at him for going over budget, the script was re-written multiple times, and his brother even died shortly before production began. However, despite all this, the author writes "Blemishes do not throw the viewer out of the frame. On the contrary, they somehow make Ridley Scott's sullen, depressive mood more quirkily alive." Basically, the conflict and faults show the hard work that was used to create it and that makes it uniquely great. Even the controversy surrounding it among fans display how much of a cultural phenomenon it has become.


          Some people are such perfectionists when it comes to film that they fail to realize this: that the conflict and roadblocks in a film make it unique and in Blade Runner's case: a better overall film because of it. I guess if Ridley Scott can go through all that and still produce a legendary work of cinema, I can make it out of a few minor issues.




Source:  http://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/blade-runner/253027/blade-runner-how-its-problems-made-it-a-better-movie

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