Hi,

Another chapter ... the CHB first song that I had visualized into a movie.

That ought to tell you how someone can visualize something that is not actually there, but can be used ... though the lyrics do and say something else ... but the idea was ... that at the end of the night, a wonderful moment was ... gone ... lost ... and that is the "lamp" that was on ... maybe lost in sleep, or in dreams ... doesn't matter.

So, a director can visualize things also ... but it was not my idea to say that composers (or you Sam) were trashing the directors, I don't think that you were ... but not having a proper idea, and just be given this and that sight unseen, would suggest (TO ME!) that even the director was looking for something more to make his final cut even better ... so there is some validity to his keeping you in the dark to create something ... that might or might not fit ... and help make the film work!

It's a tough area ... an no ... I would never dream of saying that you are wrong, or anyone else is ... I would rather concentrate on helping an actor/musician, learn how to work their "character" with the script by free forming until they feel secure and comfortable and ready ...

I have used, in all the plays I have directed, massive music ... and almost ALL of it had parts where the play matched the music intentionally for dramatic effect ... but the old Hollywood act of the romantic music with a kiss in the the foreground that you can see in 4 angles ... is kind of passe and boring to me ... and I would not do it, or use it! But that's me!

That is not to say that music can not be created ... that will help the film, or the tc piece. That would be stupid on my part ... but to me, it is not psychically satisfying and comes off like a robot ... a human look alike with different parts ... a veritable Frankenstein ... that makes things harder to understand and "get".

Yes ... that is me. And there is a massive difference between "knowing" and "seeing". When you know the "knowing", then it's about the translation and the rest is easy ... but when it is just about the "seeing", then getting both things to come together is much harder ... and the chances that it will shine brightly ... is a whole lot less.

This is one of the massive differences in film making between America/Hollywood (way too expensive) and the rest of the world, where most film makers still work together.

Check out Preissner's work with Kieslowski ... and you know that these were not canned pieces in any of the films! That is fabulous music and its use, specially in the Double Life of Veronique. But unffortunately this is not Avengers, and you all will never see it! ... and that is my only "commentary" ... because in the end, you might miss out of the perspective of how things can be done ... so differently!