The Lost Films of Mark O’Meara

I was talking about quality dialogue with my students. And so, of course, we were also talking about terrible dialogue and I explained that this was all too easy to write. And I should know having filmed seven of my own scripts and living with the results.

As you would expect a couple of students asked if I could show some of my films. Who wouldn’t want to see their slightly gruff teacher’s crappy work? So I had a quick look last night and confirmed by suspicions. All of my original films are gone, long since throw out. There is a rough edit of one with no soundtrack and that’s it.

So all that remains of those efforts in more recent efforts which mostly consists of films about Finn and Leila. And I think this is my best work. This is the stuff I already look back on with genuine affection. Most of this is affection for the kids of course. But I am also glad to have the skills that makes these little movies possible and I can thank my back catalogue of crap for some of that.

But I figure I could show them something so I am making a copy of the Slow Motion clip above which, on a good day, I might show this class.

Lesson for the day - it’s far better to try stuff and suck now and then than to try nothing and do nothing.

Previously on this date..

• The Long Hello - 2007
• Wind Beneath My Wings - 2006
• Living Without Snark - 2005
• Film Night - 2005
• Bleh - 2005
• The Little Miracle That Didn't - 2004
• One Step Ahead - 2004
• Mark In Charge - 2004
• Not Freaky - 2003
• Being Boring - 2003
• Some People Are Never Happy - 2003
• Sans Tim - 2003
• This Is A Rainy Day - 2003
• Sounds Like Kristen - 2002
• Comfortable Distance From Sainthood - 2002
• Fucking Paperwork - 2002
• Better Than Telly - 2002
• Black and Tan Dog - 2002
• High Rotation - 2002
• Taking Stock - 2002
• I never did get that - 2001
• When I leave Nicky at - 2001
• This timekeeping system is totally - 2001
• OK, without proper network access - 2001
• I only have one more - 2001