The idea for the film was essentially to experiment; to wade into this often strange yet compelling medium of story-telling. Coming, as we are, from a theatrical background, it was interesting to see how the approach for film is completely different, almost polar opposite really.
Since it’s only a four minute short about relationships, we thought--with all our planning and attention to detail--that we would get the shoot done by lunch. It ended up being a twelve hour shoot!
All the same, the process was thoroughly enjoyable. It amazes me how a bunch of passionate folk can come together and make something happen as if out of thin air. I felt the same way when we did Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross; a play that presented unique problems due to its nature and use of--how shall I put it--colourful language.
Not surprisingly, the majority of the team behind Trigonometry is the same as the one behind GGR. And yet again, the team proved that it is possible to create something purely from self belief and nothing else.
And I believe that is the ethos behind Absolutelynoscope. Of course we know it’s hard, that we might be startlingly off the mark, and that there is absolutely no scope of it all coalescing as planned; but then that’s all the more reason to attempt it, isn’t it?
