I read more into Rodriguez' book and it has reassured me that I am on the right track. He did not write his script the proper way. Editing takes skill and back then, it took a lot of patience. I will do everything on my own computer(s). I wanna use FCP but I need OS X. I'll make an intense trailer and do a rough cut first after I am done shooting.

I index carded all my scenes and now I can fix my story's pace, play around with characters, see plot holes. Most importantly, when I plan to shoot, I can rearrange all my cards according to location and character so I won't waste time revisiting places and I won't waste peoples' time. I can just keep people for three days if I have to and goodbye.

For shooting, I think I will only go with one storage card. I'm not rich so I will try to cut down on number of takes. I will use two cheap lights and maybe a few more and try out diffusion and play with the black foil. I am in my twenties at a convenient time. Digital makes everything so much easier and digital is surpassing film, slowly but surely. But the economy.. man, what a time we live in. My camera? I am anxiously awaiting the Red Scarlet. After months of reading and anticipation an earlier render with great specs to boot, Jim Jannard told us to forget everything we knew about it. Now we're all waiting for November 13, a bunch of grown men waiting for a new toy to play with.

I hope I can continue doing things minimally in the future. I prefer to take matters into my own hands. It's my movie, I want to control the outcome. I even wanted to do the music myself but I lack the skills. I would if I could. I'm sick of the Hollywood sissy way with a million people crawling on top of each other on set like a zoo. A true director should see the movie in their own head and do everything to turn their imagination into something we can all see. I'm especially sick of indies that do things the Hollywood way, but just on a lower budget. People don't know how to embrace their freedom, their INDEPENDENCE. Live a little.

Today, I will continue reading, working bits of my story around. I have another book to get to - Your Screenplay Sucks - 100 ways to make it great. I peaked at it in a bookstore once and thought it was speaking to me, the budding filmmaker. I'm not a writer, I'm a filmmaker first and foremost. My art is audiovisual storytelling because I feel words are not enough. If I wanted to be a writer I could've lived centuries ago. Gotta take advantage of today's opportunities! It's not about some god or gold, it's all about glory.