Jessica Jordan's profile answers

Quentin Tarantino. His films are innovative and deep - the closest thing to Shakespeare since Shakespeare. Of course they're completely different styles. What I mean by equating them is that you can tell Tarantino is not writing for the audience, he is writing for himself. He has a vortex of happenings going on inside, and it needs to come out. There is a truth and a genuine motivation in his characters that isn't crippled by what the audience wants them to do. The same with Shakespeare. If it's time to die, the character dies - because that's life. Life's not fair. It doesn't produce the sunset ending every time. And characters are simply living their fate, as truthfully as life dictates. That's why Tarantino has the balls to kill off his main character John Travolta, in the middle of the movie. I remember watching that in the theater thinking, "OH MY GOD, What's supposed to happen now? The main character's dead!" And it was perfect! The whole rest of the movie still happened, even around the dead character. I don't think any filmmaker has ever done this before.

One of my favorite modern movies is most certainly Kill Bill. I love and appreciate the character of Uma Thurman profoundly. And the greatest thing about it, Tarantino beautifully justifies each one of her skills. She's not just this invented cardboard Hollywood badass that's one-dimensionally invented because it would be cool to have a beautiful, avenging ninja girl kicking everyone's ass with a sword. No. I believe every step Tarantino took me through that made her that way. All of her skills were justified and learned. And what got me the most: The coffin scene. She actually learned from Pai Mei for months on end, maybe years, how to break through a piece of wood that was an inch in front of your hand. Tarantino uses time so beautifully the way he tells that story.

Anyway, Tarantino, that's who I'd like to meet - moreso, work with....

I don't necessarily attend events just to network - I go to what's interesting, and meet people with the same interests. Honestly, my favorite people in the world are directors. I love the DGA, and have attended a lot of their weekly screenings of films about to release in the theaters. It's my favorite place to watch a movie, and my favorite audience in the world. The director personality is amazing to me. They're the most flexible people you've ever met, but flexibly strong. They must balance the drive to achieve their creative vision, with the practical aspects of getting it done. Their minds are wrapping every which way. And add people skills on top of that. They need to direct this massive crew of differing personalities all into the same direction, on time and on budget, without making anyone mad. I almost treat it like a sporting event while on set, watching the whole process unfold. I have a lot of respect for directors, and all set workers for that matter, because there is constant accountability in the job. It's almost a caliber of accountability similar to the construction industry, where if something is not done, or not done correctly, the building falls down. A film seems similar. By the end of the day, it absolutely HAS TO BE DONE. Massive amounts of intricate and specialized work is going down to make that happen. I really appreciate and respect that craft....

Directing. I got into script supervising in order to treat my on-set job as a paid film school to learn how to direct. Coming into Los Angeles with a drama degree, and wanting to move on from theatre to the larger field of film, script supervising was a great trade to learn. I ended up developing a software program for script supervisors called Continuity, which is still currently on the market since 2001. Traveling to different countries giving seminars about the program was a great way to connect with other script supervisors around the world to see how they do things differently than the method used in Los Angeles. It has been a great experience I continue to love, because it's a challenge. Each new script supervising job brings a new challenge that has allowed me to become infinitely more flexible with each new job. Though I will continue to script supervise, I'm currently directing a documentary on animal rescue workers throughout Los Angeles. They have a very interesting network of people to make the process work. They are the ones who go to the pound the day before an animal is euthanized to get it out. They then use their own resources and network of people to find him a home. They are volunteers of their own organization. It's inspiring....

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