2/18/2024 0 Comments So much work 2/19/24I just watched Breathless for the first time. Took me back to a period of time between the beginning of junior year 2019 and beginning of quarantine 2020 where I first recognized the natural beauty of my hometown in Northern California. There was this romantic notion of harmony between the sparse smattering of WWII-era farmsteads and the big green of the tumbling backroads by my house. I spent so much time watching all these old French and Italian movies on Blu-Ray, learned how to brew coffee and bake breakfast pastries, frequented film centers, and worked on my own films. It's some pretentious shit, but it was nice to frolic in this Mediterranean fantasy.
I wrote a feature-length film, outlined production, and actually shot a few scenes for it. My friend, Diego, scored what I had. That was between 2019 and 2021. I honestly yearn to rewrite the screenplay and finish the film. It seems so easy because I have the production mapped in the back of my head, and I know the story because I lived it. It would be a Nouvelle-Vague style portrayal of California high school kids getting in over their heads on a serious crime. I love the concept, but the screenplay doesn't do what I would now want a screenplay like that to do. I know exactly what I want from it. I could write a new one in a week if I had the time. I am, however, still working on making sure the Road Trilogy(WT) is good enough to release. The editing is tough, and it may take me longer to finish than initially expected. Additionally, I have two other big projects that I would like to finish. Both are distinct from one another and operate on different mediums. I have already sunk a bunch of time into them, and one of them I have lost touch with given my present circumstances. I am determined to finish all of them to the standard that I expect of them, because they keep a nostalgia alive that I never want to have die. I am afraid that I will lose them. I write all of this, in-part to provide updates on my progress as an artist. Most importantly, I am writing this to collect my thoughts. My roadmap for my works will go as I imagine here: Feb-Apr. - Road Trilogy(WT) -- nearly done, editing phase rn Apr-Aug. - Film project & novel -- film rewrite and principle photography / novel drafting - I don't really care to fully finish them in this time frame. Principle photography on the film is a must though Aug-Dec. - Unannounced project (basically finished and on standby for production atm) .... So on and so forth
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Ethan FonarevI'm a creative from San Francisco, currently studying creative writing, language, and politics at NYU Gallatin. My primary medium (by far) is writing, with a heavier emphasis on prose and screenplay at the moment. Topics I focus on tend to involve unlikely protagonists, devil's advocates, gas stations, existential dread, and black humor. Archives
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