The Dichotomous Nature of Children's Dreams

I had a dichotomous day.

The morning was spent talking about a child's dream sequence in a project I really would like to VFX supe. The director is heavily influenced by some very cool, but dark material. I've been studying Dave McKean's art, Marylyn Manson's videos and digging up my favoriate Nine Inch Nails songs for ideas. On the surface it seems to be the stuff of nightmares, but I see it as a post-modern Grimm's Fairy Tale dream sequence.

By contrast, this afternoon was spent with a major global, corporation in which we essentially talked about hocking products to children and families. On the surface, this was much more pleasant and the art direction would lean toward the bright colored, saccharine, commercial goodness side of things.

So was the afternoon or evening the true nightmare?

If I were an eloquent writer, I'd close my blog with that semi-rhetorical question. But I ain't no eloquent writer nor am I even close to an elegant writer, so I'll answer: I'm more excited about the morning meeting. After pursuing and working on many commercial projects in which I'm supposed to sell something, I'm excited as hell for the opportunity to tackle something that is essentially a short art film on a topic that I feel very close to. That topic would be children's dreams.

From my childhood to this very evening, I've been blessed/cursed with insomnia. Sometimes it's not being able to shut off my mind and other times it's the subconcious playing tricks on me. It's not that I have nightmares very often, but I often have dreams that ride that delicate (and delicious) border between sweetness and nightmares. Not good for sleeping, but great for imagination and creativity. Should his producers give me the greenlight on this film, the director told me to unleash my creativity. That type of direction is the stuff with which my dreams are made of!

Sweet dreams indeed...