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"You have to examine a scene on the page first. Then you get into the basics of acting: Who are you? Who are you talking to? How do you feel about that person?"
First
"The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then."
Riot
"But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period."
Time
"That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene."
Control
"I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look."
Design
"The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration."
Ideas
"I didn't need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn't look good in the camera or if the actors didn't hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again?"
Actor
"In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time."
Time
"There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work."
Work
"The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget."
Challenge
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"The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then."
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Personal Development
"Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot."
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Personal Development
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