The person I chose from "The treatment" is Judd Apatow. He's a filmmaker, writer, director, and producer. A few films he has worked on were The 40-Year-Old-Virgin, Funny People, Bridemaids, Knocked Up, and the one he kept talking about as his upcoming and latest one at that time, This is 40. Most of the films he made were drama/comedy.
I did learn a few new things listening to the interview with Judd Apatow. He gives off a very down to earth impression that makes him a kind-hearted individual. He really tries to make his films realistic and natural as possible. They portray what life is really bout with the drama an humor he displays on film. He enjoys and finds uncomfortable moments the funniest and is known for using quiet in comedy instead of how others try to fill up to much with laughs and activities. The timing sense he uses is more like it seem more s documentary without the idea of performance and feel like directors aren't there.
The first quote that I found interesting and gave the audience a sense of what character he is, is when he talks about his idea of comedy and how he feels as it should be realistic as possible. When he says and I quote, "I look at everything as a drama with humor. I think life is funny. I didn't have to look at the comedy part at all because, naturally, I find life absurd." He is giving us a sense of his work. He really tries to connect his film to real life and he fees he can naturally do that without having to psychology think about it. He works in a way that sort of goes behind the scenes of characters like how the mood of a room can change when someone walks in.
The second quote I came across was when he mentioned his first speck of writing was an episode for The Simpsons. The episode he wrote was when Homer got stuck with a mind of 12 year old and became best friends with Bart and liked having no responsibilities so he didn't want to get changed back. He was afraid to look back into the future and grow older since changes occurred with different phases of life. This is when Apatow became really interested in doing his work about life and I quote, " I feel like I've been writing that Simpsons episode for my entire career." That episode he wrote really gave him that inspiration that is in his films today.
The third quote, "I can write scenes and I like people arguing and people having dramatic issues with each other and that seems to be a better way for my ideas to communicate with people instead of just saying it," shows his true dedication and love he has for comedy films. As a child he talks about how his dream career was to be a stand up comedian. As he was going to USC he realized there weren't many classes for stand-up and he felt he wasn't as good as the older comedians. Apatow felt things needed to happen to you in order to be a good comedian and to have more things to talk about so a good age would be someones 30's. Apatow then chose filmmaking which he liked this form of communication to the audience.
After listening to the interview with Judd Apatow, not knowing who he first was gave me a better understanding of what a genuine person he is. it also showed me how sometimes a film more simple and realistic can have more humor than a film that tries too hard. He really captures life's amusement and makes it more relatable to the audience. Even though during most of his interview he was mainly talking about his latest film, This is 40, I believe all his films are hilarious and are very much like events in real life.
