5Q's w/: Matt Bosson "Geroge and Rosa" Director, Writer, Producer
QUESTION#1: What about your film excites you the most?: I'm excited by how much of the local community of Borrego Springs helped me make this film. Lead actors, background actors, parents and children, as well as crew members, all gave their time and energy to help me make this film. George & Rosa has become a kind of portrait of the local Borrego community and the desert environment we live in!
QUESTION#2: What is it about your current movie that will influence your next film?: I've always been interested in how music can be used in filmmaking and story telling. And with George & Rosa, the Clara Schumann piano music is more upfront than most projects, and alters the mood of the film in specific ways.. Music will always be a key element in my work.
QUESTION#3: When you’re shooting a film, do you think of time as something you capture or something you construct?: Great question! In general when I prep, I draw a storyboard and make a shot list, so for me filmmaking is kind of construction. But when the camera is rolling, you need to be open to letting things happen organically. Often the best moments in a scene, come from things that are unplanned.
QUESTION#4: What’s a limitation you wish you had on your next shoot that would force you into making interesting creative decisions?: I usually think of limitations as problems. A lack of equipment, money or talent. But it's true that limitations can lead to strong creative choices. Anyway, I've had LOTS of limitations, so my films must be amazing!
QUESTION#5: If a film shoot is like a living organism, which department do you think functions as its nervous system?: I guess I would say the nervous system of a traditional film production would be the assistant directors and production office staff. On smaller projects, that may be only two or three people.
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