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Tony Schreiber
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A bride asked me about scheduling - time allows for just the end of getting ready and then into a first-meeting. I sent her this.



INTERIOR. AFTERNOON.

Tropical Hotel Suite.

03:00
Brooding, auteur photographer enters the hotel suite. Bridemaids swoon
and exchange glances. Then giggle. He appraises the room and its
occupants, deems them worthy of photography and prepares himself and his
equipment.

03:04
All the occupants of the room have been dressed, mostly stockinged-feet
dart about. They are donning final accoutrement and attending to each
others hair or makeup, or often, tidying the area. Our stealthy
photographer has begun to capture details around the room, an
intelligence gathering mission in disguise.

03:10
The wedding dress is captured near or far from where it hang, perhaps
adjusted slightly, perhaps not. Other details begin to take shape:
rings, flowers, shoes and the activity that accompanies the anticipation
of a special event.

03:15
The bride is in the last stage of makeup. She is stunning, as all brides
are. The remaining touches highlight the key features that define our
unique heroine.

03:20
The bridesmaids have assembled in another room with glorious light to
prepare the bride's dress for a delicate installation.

03:22
The bride enters, an attendant closes the door slowly behind her. The
photographer is left in the hallway, tapping his foot. politely.

03:28
The photographer finds optimum vantage points and deftly records the
last few moments of the bride's transformation.

03:30
Attendants gracefully fall away from the bride in awe, leaving the bride
in a shimmering sunlit glow.

FADE TO BLACK.



Nov 03, 2009 at 10:25 PM
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Let us know what she thinks.

Nov 03, 2009 at 10:31 PM
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Awesome.

Nov 03, 2009 at 10:49 PM
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One of the better posts ever .. reminds me of some of my more pleasant dreams.

Nov 03, 2009 at 11:12 PM
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i can totally see you acting this out. hell of a performance art piece...

Nov 03, 2009 at 11:22 PM
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The piece is awesome.

Only two observations, if I may:

1. I had to look up "brooding" it appears to be related to what a chicken does when it sits on its eggs. Are you trying to tell us you're pregnant?

2. I thought that "as all brides are" detracts from the power of "the bride is stunning"

again... great piece... informative, humorous and intellectually stimulating all at once. Bravo!

Nov 04, 2009 at 12:40 AM
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I love it

Nov 04, 2009 at 01:00 AM
Tony Schreiber
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lisy78 wrote:
The piece is awesome.

Only two observations, if I may:

1. I had to look up "brooding" it appears to be related to what a chicken does when it sits on its eggs. Are you trying to tell us you're pregnant?

2. I thought that "as all brides are" detracts from the power of "the bride is stunning"

again... great piece... informative, humorous and intellectually stimulating all at once. Bravo!


1. There is another meaning - to think anxiously or gloomily about : ponder. I don't really consider myself brooding, but it really kind of goes with auteur.

2. Well, I actually rewrote that a few times. I didn't want to imply that the bride was not unique, but I did want to say that all brides are beautiful (some are just prettier than others).

Thanks all. I thought it was fairly funny. Bride sent me an .

Nov 04, 2009 at 01:47 AM
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I've missed your posts.

Nov 04, 2009 at 01:48 AM
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Awesome.

Nov 04, 2009 at 02:21 PM
MarcyJillGood
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1. There is another meaning - to think anxiously or gloomily about : ponder. I don't really consider myself brooding, but it really kind of goes with auteur.

Heathcliff was brooding in Wuthering Heights, and it worked for his beloved Cathy. Of course, she dumped him for Edgar . . .

Love your post - gave me a laugh!

Marcy




Nov 04, 2009 at 02:29 PM
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The word "auteur" looks a lot like "amateur." I thought "why would someone call themselves an amateur photographer?"

Nov 04, 2009 at 02:41 PM
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"Auteur" is definitely a 10 dollar word.....had to look that one up.

Nov 04, 2009 at 03:59 PM
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p.1 #14 · Timeline for beginning of wedding


Auteur isn't a $10 word for those into cinema.

Some Google image results for brooding:









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Nov 04, 2009 at 04:29 PM
Andrew Welsh
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Auteur is definitely an SAT word tho

Nov 04, 2009 at 05:23 PM
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I knew what it meant.

No I didn't.

Nov 04, 2009 at 08:10 PM
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Perfect.

Nov 04, 2009 at 08:12 PM
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I had to re-read Auteur as well...

Great scenario.
I am glad you are posting this while I still have a wedding left to shoot this season... if not it would be like reading about something that you can't wait to do..

Nov 05, 2009 at 03:01 AM
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Jimsokay wrote:
Let us know what she thinks.


I'm in...

Nov 05, 2009 at 03:43 AM
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p.1 #20 · Timeline for beginning of wedding


So during this wedding, I heard from a few of the brides friends and family about how funny they thought my email was - it was only after getting some context from the bride, did I understand why it had garnered so many laughs. Seems the bride is somewhat hyper-organized and timetable driven. So when she asked me what we were going to do in that half-hour during the day and I came back with that down-to-the-minute missive, I was giving her a good elbow to the ribs.

Nov 09, 2009 at 04:50 AM
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Tony Schreiber wrote:
lisy78 wrote:
The piece is awesome.

Only two observations, if I may:

1. I had to look up "brooding" it appears to be related to what a chicken does when it sits on its eggs. Are you trying to tell us you're pregnant?

2. I thought that "as all brides are" detracts from the power of "the bride is stunning"

again... great piece... informative, humorous and intellectually stimulating all at once. Bravo!


1. There is another meaning - to think anxiously or gloomily about : ponder. I don't really consider myself brooding, but it really kind of goes with auteur.

2. Well, I actually rewrote that a few times. I didn't want to imply that the bride was not unique, but I did want to say that all brides are beautiful (some are just prettier than others).

Thanks all. I thought it was fairly funny. Bride sent me an .


2) They are all beautiful, but I'd agree with Lisy, you want to flatter this bride. It's *her* day in her mind, not another brides. This note is for her, not other brides.

It's still good nevertheless.

Nov 09, 2009 at 04:56 AM

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