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Char Siu, Script Cuts

February 28, 2022 Lehan Edirisinghe

Ate rich roast pork and noted how calorie-dense it felt after half a box. Later studied film revenue forecasting and planned major cuts to a 120-page script

The image displays a takeout meal consisting of sliced roasted pork topped with a glossy, dark sauce and garnished with chopped green onions. The pork appears caramelized and juicy, indicating it might be char siu, a popular Chinese-style barbecue dish. Next to the meat, there are several slices of fresh cucumber, providing a contrasting green color and crunchy texture to the dish. The food is placed in a white takeout box, suggesting it might be from a restaurant or delivery service, designed for easy transport and consumption. The lighting is bright, highlighting the sheen of the sauce and the texture of the pork. The overall presentation is neat, with the cucumbers arranged in a tidy stack, enhancing the visual appeal of the meal. There are no visible logos or text in the image to indicate a specific restaurant or brand.

Loving What I Saw

5:30 p.m.

I love this!!

The image shows an open takeout box containing slices of glazed meat garnished with chopped green onions. Next to the meat are several cucumber slices arranged neatly. A metal fork is also present in the box, indicating it may have been used by someone to eat the meal. The inside of the box has some sauce stains, suggesting the meal was recently consumed. The lighting is direct, illuminating the food and creating a focus on its glossy texture and fresh appearance. The setting appears to be indoors, possibly on a dark surface like a table or seat. The overall mood of the image is casual, suggesting a quick meal or snack. The use of takeout packaging indicates convenience and portability.

Feeling Full After Eating Half of a Fatty Meal

6:00 p.m.

I have eaten half of it. I am so full. It is apparently 250 grams. So, I had 125 grams. I am so full. Very calorie dense, it's literally fat.

The image is a video frame from a YouTube interview titled "Predicting How Much Money A Movie Will Make - Jeff Deverett" on the Film Courage channel. The scene features Jeff Deverett in an interview setting, likely discussing aspects of the film industry's financial forecasting. Jeff is wearing glasses and a blue button-up shirt, with a small microphone clipped to his collar, suggesting he is speaking or being interviewed. The background is dark, focusing attention on Jeff, who is the central figure. The video is paused at the 1:00 mark out of a total duration of 8:35, as indicated by the progress bar at the bottom. Captions are visible, with Jeff speaking about revenue forecasting based on comparable movies. The lighting highlights Jeff against the dark backdrop, emphasizing the serious, informative mood of the interview.

Learning Film-Budget Forecasting

6:30 p.m.

I'm learning film budget financials forecasting....

Story

Sri Lankan Emigration, Lost Leadership and Minority Exclusion

9:30 p.m.

I'm sad that a lot of good people in SL, they left SL, they went overseas. They saw no opportunities in SL. They saw too many problems. They don't even want to talk about Sri Lanka, as they have given up.

It's unlikely I could be leader. If that was the case, the Dutch Burghers would return, the English speakers, the properly educated Sri Lankans or Sinhalese and Tamils, they would return. It won't happen, only a dream.

I was watching this. I thought to myself. The Cuban marxist revolution, was a lot like, the Sinhalese nationalist attitudes. ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████

This screenshot displays the Microsoft Word interface with an open document titled "FULL SCRIPT.docx." The screen is set to page 28 of 97, indicating a lengthy document. The interface showcases the typical Word features with a toolbar at the top, which includes options like "Home," "Insert," "Design," and others for document formatting and editing. The font is set to Arial at a size of 10.5. The page displayed is mostly blank, suggesting that either this section is yet to be filled or is intentionally left empty. At the bottom, the language setting indicates "English (United Kingdom)." The taskbar shows a few other applications open, including a media player. The time on the computer is displayed as 11:05 PM on February 28, 2022. Overall, this is a typical Word document interface with no particular activity occurring on this specific page.

Cutting a Ninety-Page Chapter Down to Twenty Pages

11:00 p.m.

(c)

I don't share any info on my script. Here is an edited screenshot to illustrate a point I keep raising.

The whole script, is like 120 pages. Chapter 6, is a whopping 90 pages now. This is after I edited the entire script which was a nightmare that people ought to make a black 'n white movie like Mank on me for, suffering through, to make a Citizen Kane.

So, this 90 pages, I have to somehow, cut it down to around 10 or 20 pages. Each page is a 1 minute. I think it's great for value, as the whole thing is useful for conducting a lot of joint business with US.

Hidden

Mum’s Bollywood Picks and My Girls Next Door Choice

1:00 a.m.

I think my mum will pick Amitabh Bachan, Shah Rukh Khan and Hirthik Roshan at Kabi Kushi Kabi Gham.

I'd pick, The Girls Next Door

The first five seasons centered around then-girlfriends, Holly ███████, Bridget █████████ and Kendra █████████.

Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop:

https://youtu.be/LrUvu1mlWco

Story

Watching No Country for Old Men and Editing Chapter Six

1:30 a.m.

I'm going to watch No Country For Old Men. They portray a psychopath accurately in it.

Douglas MacArthur's Tommy Lee Jones is in it.

He's in Men in Black, I love the guy.

I think my script, it is good, I will just write chapter 6 slowly, it is going to be reviewed and then edited to be as short as possible.

Story

Looking Past Distractions to Solve the Actual Problem

1:30 a.m.

(b)

A lot of people, they get caught up in the movie, they lose eyes on the point.

They get caught up in the game of sport or luck, they lose eyes on the point.

They bet at our 300 casinos in Sri Lanka, only we end up winning all the money.

The drug cartels dig tunnels, deal drugs in USA, Trump talks about building a wall, they talk about funding the DEA to fight drugs and cartels:

Why not just profitably control the supply?

This is the point.

They are not thinking. They are not using reason. They are not solving the problem. They are just using the same hammer to hit a problem, which won't solve it. You don't need a hammer, you need to see...

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Story

Disliking Tiny Viewfinders and Developing the Script’s Narratives

2:00 a.m.

(b)

In filmmaking, something I despise, is the view finder. See, I like it that it is outside, external, a monitor. But, I don't like, how, it is very small.

Usually it's tiny, this is bad because, then, the resolution and composition of a shot is not captured.

Proportionally or how it will look on a wide final screen, or in the cinemas.

This is very bad.

I am thinking to myself, about various narratives in my script, and about how some of the stories should be evolved, and things like that.

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