Since my previous post I have made some changes to my script, deciding to focus on one main character and how he makes life difficult for everyone on set. Keeping with the original narrative structure, using the interviews as a means by which the audience learns about the character, I have decided that the character should be an enigmatic director who uses controversial methods with his actors. When writing my first draft of my short film script, and developing the characters, I took inspiration from various sources, one of which was stories that I'd heard about the director Werner Herzog and his working relationship with actor Klaus Kinski. The director in my short film is named Hubert Hall and his character is never shown on screen. Instead, the audience learns about him through the interviews with the actors and crew-members so as to ensure that he remains mysterious/ In some ways this character is modelled on Herzog, and the character of Henry (an actor) is based on Kinski. In light of this fact I felt it was important to provide some information on Herzog and Kinskis relationship.
