Revising a screenplay is much more frustrating than revising a song because you have to read through the entire work again while you are changing stuff. It is a lot easier to edit a song.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I hate editing. I love to write, but I hate to reread my stuff. To revise.
I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
I no longer do a film for the wrong reasons. I have to be convinced ethically and morally. Both the director and I have to be on the same page. There are just five songs in most films these days, and they have to be amazing. There has to be a twist in the screenplay. The editing has to be crisp. Your hard work should show, but effortlessly.
When you're editing the film, you use a temp track. So you're putting music in there for a rough cut to keep track of what's going on. It can be a hindrance if wrong, it can be an enormous asset if you get it right.
The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.
I generally edit quite heavily. In general, there aren't many scenes that are sitting where they sat in the script in the final form.
Songwriting is like editing. You write down all this stuff - all this bad, stupid stuff - and then you have to get rid of everything except the very best.
For me, the work begins with a rough cut of the film. I can't do much with the script. I've tried to write music to a script prior to seeing the film, but I've found it turns out to be a waste of time.
I don't card out my screenplays ever. I just have an idea I just sit down and write I don't edit.
Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music as fast as I can.