Right now in the parking lot next to my house at 11:30 a.m. on a sunny, cool Wednesday morning in Santa Monica, there’s a movie company getting ready to do a shoot. About fifteen people in view, five small trucks, two large trucks, ten SUV’s, three huge fancy trailers, a catering truck and three tents, four beach jeeps, fifty yards of track being laid down on the beach, a generator, various lights, reflectors, and cameras.
Remember this – the trucks, the tracks in the sand, the actors getting made up, the director, the lights - all of it is out there in the parking lot because one person sat down at his or her desk with an idea and wrote about it.
Speaking of someone with a good idea, yours is a GREAT hook in the subject line: "shooting in parking lot"! Will you and the cats be "extras" on the lot/in the film? Fun! ciao, carol
Posted by: carol perkins | February 07, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Isn't it awesome how a single writer's creative effort can, like a smooth pebble tossed into a calm pool, sets in motion a giant wave that brings together the diverse and unique talents of so many people...inspiring.
Posted by: Tom Foley | February 07, 2008 at 12:37 PM
Barbara, this is so inspiring — and I love that seeing all this activity going on outside your house made you think of a topic for a blog post! You have such a writer's eye for ideas.
Thanks for all the inspiration this blog continues to bring to so many of us!
Kathy
Posted by: Kathy Sena | February 07, 2008 at 05:03 PM
Wow! What an inspirational way to think about it. Of course, it's more than just one person writing the idea that lead to that point but it really did begin there. As writers, we are all a spark that could flare into a furnace of productivity for others in so many wonderous ways.
Sincerely,
Rebecca Laffar-Smith
http://www.writersroundabout.com
Posted by: Rebecca Laffar-Smith | February 08, 2008 at 01:42 AM
Carol - the cats perched on the window sill, hoping for their big break.
Tom - Yes!
Kathy - thank you!
Rebecca - And may we all flare on.
Thanks for all your comments.
Posted by: Barbara | February 11, 2008 at 10:32 AM
Love this. It makes me miss Santa Monica even though ideas are becoming reality all over the world.
Posted by: Jenny | February 11, 2008 at 08:06 PM