Ngisanda kukhuluma noJustin McConnell, umbhali/umqondisi ngemuva Isisebenzi sokuphila, i-taut, inguquko esabekayo eyesabekayo ebilokhu iqhuba isifunda somkhosi ka-2018. Le filimu ilandela u-Drew, umbulali oshintsha isimo futhi obamba imicabango, izinkumbulo, kanye nesithombe somzimba wezisulu zakhe, okumvumela ukuthi antshontshe imininingwane yabo ephelele.

Isisebenzi sokuphila - njengefilimu - ine kuningi okwenzeka ngaphansi kwesikhumba. Isifundo esiyinkimbinkimbi sosizi, ubuwena, kanye nokuziphatha, okuhlanganiswe nokuguquguquka okunodlame. Ngokwemvelo, kwadingeka ngibuze, lo mbono uvelaphi?

“Ngangisebhasini ngolunye usuku ngaba nalomcabango – kuthiwani uma ngizibona ngiphambi kwabantu. Okungukuthi, okukaDenis Villeneuve Enemy,” kusho uMcConnell. “Ngaleso sikhathi nokho, kuvele kwakhula ngokwesisekelo salokhu. Kodwa iphimbo nencazelo yefilimu kuhlobene kakhulu nokuthi ngangikuphi ngokwengqondo ngaleso sikhathi. "

UMcConnell uchithe iminyaka embalwa edlule ezilile ngemva kokushona kuka-Kevin Hutchinson, umngane wakhe omkhulu, umhlanganyeli kanye nozakwethu obhalayo.

"Bengicabanga nje ngendawo yami yokuphila nokuthi ngingena kuphi emhlabeni, nazo zonke lezi zinto ezikhona - ukufunda okuningi nokuzindla okuningi - futhi nje kwakhiwe kulokho indaba egcine ibe yikho. ," uthe. "Umqondo wangempela wokuthi lesi sidalwa siyini, weza ngokushesha, kodwa konke okunye okungaphansi kwangaphandle kuvele kuhlelo lokubhala."

Isisebenzi sokuphila inemiphumela engokoqobo eyingcaca – kuhlanganiswe nesithombe sesinema esihlanzekile, esigxile kakhulu - okwenza ifilimu izizwe igxile eqinisweni.

Njengomlandeli wempilo yonke eyesabekayo, uMcConnell waba nogqozi oluningi. Ekhula ngesikhathi sokuduma kwemiphumela engokoqobo, wafunda ama-greats ezinhlobo ezifana no-Rick Baker, u-Steve Johnson, kanye no-Screaming Mad George. Ukwazisa kwakhe imiphumela engokoqobo kwakhula ngokuqonda ukuthi izindima zabo zaba neqhaza elibalulekile kanjani ekwakhiweni kwefilimu.

“Imiphumela ku Isisebenzi sokuphila ngokuqondile,” kuchaza uMcConnell, “ngeke ngisho ukuthi bathonywa yinoma yini ngokuqondile, kodwa ngokusobala kunembewu yazo zonke lezo zinto lapho. Nethalente labaculi bangempela ngokwabo. UDavid Scott nethimba lakhe, u-Alexandra Anger noTabitha Burtch, banesitayela sabo esihlukile. Lapho sesixoxile ngendlela ifilimu ebukeka ngayo nomuzwa wayo, bahamba bayokwenza into yabo.”

UMcConnell wayazi kahle ukuthi ubani ayefuna ukuya kuye ukuze enze isigcawu sokugcina esisindayo sefilimu. “Lowo kwakunguChris Nash no-Audrey Barrett. UChris ungumqondisi we I-Z eye-Zygote - indaba yokugcina ku ABCs of Death 2." UMcConnell unqotshwe ingxenye kaChris. “Ngathi uma ngikubona lokho, ngangazi, kulungile, akekho omunye ongenza umphumela engiwufunayo lapha kanye noChris.

Uma ungakhumbuli, I-Z ingeyeZygote imayelana nowesifazane ozala umntwana phakathi kwakhe iminyaka engu-23. Manje njengoba esekhulile, uthatha umzimba wakhe ngendlela enyanyekayo emangalisayo. Ku… kumnandi kakhulu.

"Ngangazi ukuthi ngidinga okuthile okubhalisa leso simo - njengokulandelana kwenguquko yohlobo oluthile, olugqugquzelwe An I-American Werewolf eLondon, ngezinto ezivela The Thing, noma UMboleki.” UMcConnell ucacisa ukuthi - ngenkathi bekunamathonya asobala womuntu - bekuyireferensi yesitayela kunokuhlonipha okuqondile.

Ngoba Isisebenzi sokuphila ilandela umbulali we-serial oshintsha isimo, kukhona abalingisi abambalwa abahlukene abalingisa u-Drew. Ngokuqondakalayo, inqubo yokulingisa abalingisi abaningi endimeni eyodwa ebumbene yayiyinselele eyingqayizivele.

Lapho abalingisi bencishiselwa ekukhethweni okumbalwa endimeni ngayinye, uMcConnell wakhetha ukwenza umhlangano wobuso nobuso nomunye wabo, kunokuba afunde okwesibili okwesibili ukuze “Athole umbono wokuthi bangobani njengabantu, kanye ne-vibe yabo, nomlando wabo, nalokho abakuletha etafuleni njengomuntu nomdlali,” ekhumbula.

Lapho wonke umuntu esephonswe, uMcConnell unikeze umlingisi ngamunye ozobe edlala u-Drew idokhumenti enamakhasi amabili emayelana nomlingiswa nakho konke abazodinga ukukwazi ngomlando wakhe. Lesi sabelo somsebenzi wesikole sasekhaya sinikeze abalingisi ithuba lokuhlanganisa u-Drew njengomlingisi ukuze bahlole - njengeqembu - ukuthi yini emgqugquzela ukuthi aqhubekele phambili.

“Sinento engiyibize ngokuthi “I-Drew Boot Camp”, lapho sasihlezi sonke eduze kwetafula elikhulu futhi saba nengxoxo ende ngokuthi ungubani umlingiswa, nokuthi uvelaphi, futhi uhlobo oluthile olumisiwe – njengeqembu – lowo mlingiswa,” uqhube wathi, “Siqhamuke nemikhaza nezindlela zokuhamba ezijwayelekile, nezici ezithile, nemabula ahamba ngayo - okuyinto yokugcina ayithola kunina - zonke lezo zinto zahlangana kuleso sikhathi.

Enye yezinselelo zika-Drew njengomlingisi yilezo zisusa. Ngefilimu, ukulandisa kwakhe okusebenzayo kunikeza imininingwane eyengeziwe ngomlando wakhe nobudlelwano, futhi ngalokho, sifunda ngokuthatheka kwakhe ngoJulia.

Kukhona, impela, ukwethuka ngodlame nezinto ezibonakalayo ezizungeze uguquko lwakhe, kodwa indlela u-Drew athanda ngayo ukuthandana kwakhe noJulia kuyinto esabekayo iyodwa. Ngibuze uMcConnell ukuthi le nto - eyethusa kakhulu - yangeniswa kanjani kwifilimu.

"Leyo ngxenye yendaba yenzeka ngesikhathi ngizicabangela mina,” echaza. "Kodwa futhi, ngoba ngenkathi ngibhala phakathi kuka-2014 no-2017, inhlangano ye-Me Too yayidlanga ngendlela emangalisayo emithonjeni yezindaba."

UMcConnell ufunda yonke into angakwazi ukuyenza ku-inthanethi - kancane ukuze aziswe, futhi kancane ukuze asize ukuzihlaziya nokukhula njengomuntu. Ngenkathi efunda ngenhlangano ye-Me Too kanye nokugxeka kwabesifazane, wayesebenzela ukubhala kabusha umbhalo, futhi leyo ngxenye yavele yangena endaweni. "Ngisanda kushintsha izinto ezincane, izinto ezicashile, futhi lokho kwazisa lolo hlangothi lapho izinto zizohamba khona."

Kodwa noma i-angle yayo etshekile ebudlelwaneni, Isisebenzi sokuphila ngokuvamile kubhekiselwa kuyo njengendaba yothando - engenisa kahle ephuzwini elilandelayo likaMcConnell.

"Amahlaya amaningi othando wama-80s kanye nama-90s - amafilimu kaJohn Hughes nokunye okunjalo - asebenzisa i-trope ebizwa ngokuthi. Ukuhamba njengoThando. Lapho, inqobo nje uma umfana ethole intombazane ekugcineni, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi wenzeni efilimini, usengumuntu olungile,” echaza. “Ngaso sonke isikhathi ngangibonakala njengento elimazayo neyinqaba ukuyifaka engqondweni yomuntu kusukela ebusheni.

Ukuze uthole esinye isibonelo, sicela ubhekisele kokuthi “Njalo Phefumulo Owathatha” ngamaPhoyisa. Ingoma epholile, ethandekayo edlalwa njenge-ballad enamandla, ethinta imizwa (imvamisa emishadweni), kodwa empeleni lawo mazwi okubi.

UMcConnell uqhubeke wathi, “Njengoba ngivela edolobheni elincane njengoba ngenza, awuvezwa okuningi. Kwangithatha isikhathi eside ukuthola unyawo lwami, ngokuyisisekelo, nokuqonda okufanele ngikwenze nokungafanele ngikwenze.” Ngalesi sikhathi sokubhala, uMcConnell wazibheka yena kanye nezenzo zakhe zesikhathi esidlule futhi wenza ubuntu buka-Drew “njengenguqulo yengqondo yalokho” awabelana ngakho. “Ngenza izinto engangingaziqhenyi ngazo lapho ngineminyaka engu-20, kodwa zonke zenziwa zamukeleka endleleni esafundiswa ngayo ukuthi uthando luyini.”

UMcConnell uvumile ukuthi le nto ekhathazayo ayikona ukugxila ngokuphelele kwefilimu, kodwa ikhona impela. “Abanye abantu bayayithatha, kanti abanye abantu - ngakolunye uhlangothi lwayo - basekhoneni lika-Drew yonke ifilimu. Ngifuna abalaleli bazinqumele bona, kodwa akuyona indaba yothando ngempela, indaba yokuthatheka.”

Uma ujwayelene nokusabeka kwaseCanada, uzobona ukuthi izingqikithi zokufanisa kanye nokushintshashintsha kwezinto zivame kakhulu. I-Ginger Snaps, Okungenalutho, Uhluphekile, uMariya waseMelika, kanye nemisebenzi kaDavid Cronenberg yonke isebenzisa ukwethuka komzimba ukuxoxa indaba yenguquko. Ngibuze uMcConnell - njengozakwethu waseCanada kanye nesishisekeli semiphumela esebenzayo - kungani lokho kungenzeka.

“Abantu baseMelika babeyivalile yonke ifilimu eyayijabulisa ngempela lapho ngisakhula, futhi isikhathi esithile kwakugqashuka ifilimu yaseCanada kodwa ingezwakali njengefilimu yaseCanada,” enikeza. "Njengezinto zaseCronenberg, lokho bekuqondise kakhulu izethameli zaseMelika ngenkathi zisagcina ubunjalo baseCanada ngenxa yokwethuka.

"Angikwazanga ukukutshela ukuthi kungani sigcwele ukwesaba okukhulu lapha, kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi sixhumeke ngendlela ehlukile." Wengeze ngokuthi - nakuba zikhona ezinye izinhlobo eziningi ezingaphansi ezenziwe futhi zakhiqizwa eCanada, "Ngesizathu esithile saziwa ngempela ngokuthusa umzimba".

Kodwa ngenxa yokuthi amafilimu amaningi asabekayo aseCanada angena emakethe evamile ayeyizinto ezisabisayo ezishintsha umzimba, njengoba uMcConnell esho, "abe nomthelela esizukulwaneni esisha sabenzi bamafilimu".

Uma amafilimu ethanda Okungenalutho futhi Isisebenzi sokuphila ziwumphumela walokho, ngokuqinisekile asikwazi ukukhononda.

 

Isisebenzi sokuphila u-Lora Burke, uJack Foley, u-Elitsa Bako, u-Rachel VanDuzer, no-Steve Kasan.