My friend and I are co-directing a short film and we thought our different strengths would complement each other, but instead we keep having these polite disagreements about tone that never get resolved. She sees the story as hopeful and I see it as melancholic, and every creative decision - from casting to color palette - becomes an indirect argument about which emotional reality we're trying to create.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two directors are discovering that their differing emotional relationships to the same story are creating an unbridgeable interpretive gap that threatens both the work and the friendship.
“Where Are You with Islamic geometric art and calligraphy?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.