this thing — Casual and familiar; avoid it in formal settings.
I'll move this sucker right there.American Movie · 1999 — 第 2 / 19 章 · 4'27" · B1
Mark Pitches Northwestern, Explained：have something under your belt
This is less a pitch than a confession of a life's obsession. Friends describe the boy who plastered his walls with horror posters and shot silent films in a cemetery; Mark describes the feature he still means to finish, insisting, "I'll tell you why films fail or succeed."
あらすじ
Friends and family in Wisconsin recall how Mark Borchardt has been making movies since he was a boy: a wall of horror posters, an 8mm camera borrowed down the street, silent films shot in a cemetery. Now he pitches his long-planned feature, Northwestern, describing the black-and-white look he wants and casting for it.
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have something under your beltthe way I see itdream of makingkiller
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このシーンの表現
have something under your belt
earned skill you keep
The narrator promises a young actor that this film will leave him real skill, not just wash.
After two seasons here, you'll have solid experience under your belt.
このシーンの他の表現
- the way I see it
from my point of view
- dream of making
long to create something
- killer
excellent, very cool
- the hell
on earth, for emphasis
- location-scout
scout real shooting sites
このシーンのメモ一覧
70 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ
was once, no longer
His bedroom wall used to be plastered...used to: Used to be marks a past state that no longer holds, so the wall was once covered.
His bedroom wall used to be plastered...every variety of it
Mostly movie horror ads, but movie ads of all kinds.someone who just starts filming Not a split-second thing, but a person who just starts shooting.
and the focus was terrible, but instant filmmaker.win or lose
I'll tell you why films fail or succeed.Link tell and you into one smooth sound, with no pause between them.
I'll tell you why films fail or succeed.play the lead in it
Will you star in it?" I said, "Of course, I will."at the rear of it
in the back of a truck, and we were drinking vodka...relative clause: The that-clause narrows which killer is meant and what he is doing to the group.
and there's this mystery killer that's killing all of us.a ghost attraction A Halloween attraction, not a home with ghosts.
This is where the chick, Dawn, runs her haunted house, right?girl, casually — Offhand and slightly disrespectful; do not say it to someone's face.
This is where the chick, Dawn, runs her haunted house, right?speaking of something
Talking about the plague, and there's a gargoyle in the back...have got to
so we gotta make a line where people can't go.back off by five feet
and have a lot of assistant directors saying, "Step five feet back."ever since childhood
since I was a little kid filming in a cemetery.time clause: Since marks the starting point of a wish that has lasted from childhood.
since I was a little kid filming in a cemetery.a short plot summary
A synopsis on the story? Okay.the best light of the day Film slang for the soft light near sunrise or sunset.
Beautiful, stunning black-and-white shot at the magic hour...scouting real places to film
I've been location-scouting them...noun clause: The what-clause works as the object of got, naming whatever he has ready.
so when I do this, I've already got what's in between my hands.just this one time
because I'm actually seeing something for once."Run Americans and together and let the and reduce to a faint n.
We get to see Americans and American dreams...full stop, no debate — Adds a hard stop to a claim; common in casual argument.
and you won't walk away depressed after seeing this, period.named, titled
I'm working on a film entitled Northwestern.casting the actors
- I'm doing casting for the film. - Okay.Want to often collapses to wanna in fast speech, so listen for that single word.
- Do you want to know about the film? - Yeah, I do.「Mark Pitches Northwestern」を読み解く
What's really going on
Everyone on screen is talking about Mark, but Mark is the only one talking about the future. The friends' stories are affectionate and a little worried: a kid who said he was 12 when he was 14, whose focus was terrible but who was, as one puts it, an "instant filmmaker." Mark's answer is the grand pitch, full of talk about "rusted memories" and the magic hour, capped by the promise that his crew will end up with "something under your belt besides what you throw in the wash." Under the big talk is a working-class man with nothing but conviction, and the scene's tension is whether that is enough. He has spent his whole life preparing; the film still isn't finished.
Theme
DreamsMark has chased one feature film since childhood, and the scene is built from that lifelong obsession.
AmbitionFriends and Mark both measure his life by the movies he has made and still means to make.
このチャプターで学べること
- Under your belt names skills you keep, not stuff you wash.
- The way I see it signals a calm personal position.
- Dream of making frames a goal held for years.
- Period shuts a pitch with no room left to argue.
発音のポイント
- tell you — Link tell and you into one smooth sound, with no pause between them.
- Americans and — Run Americans and together and let the and reduce to a faint n.
- want to know — Want to often collapses to wanna in fast speech, so listen for that single word.
I'll tell you why films fail or succeed.Mark's opening claim: he has thought about film long enough to explain what separates a hit from a flop.
You'll be in a junkyard with thousands of rusted memories laying there.Mark sells the film's imagery—abandoned Midwestern places as memory—promising a role in something more soulful than a cheap shoot.
but you'll have something under your belt besides what you throw in the wash.His pitch to the crew: after this film they will carry real, hard-won experience, not just tired laundry and empty hours.
and you won't walk away depressed after seeing this, period.Mark's promise to the audience—his film will leave them moved but not defeated, and he says it as a plain fact.
このシーンについての質問
Who is Mark Borchardt, and what is he trying to make?
A working-class filmmaker from Wisconsin who has been shooting movies since childhood. In this scene he pitches Northwestern, the black-and-white feature he has dreamed of finishing for years.
Why do Mark's friends call him an "instant filmmaker"?
Because he never waited for good gear or training. Give him any camera and he starts shooting—that instinct is what people notice about him.
Why does Mark promise the crew "something under your belt"?
He is telling them that working on Northwestern will give them real experience and a finished credit, not just another empty weekend washing clothes.
Is Mark actually close to finishing Northwestern?
Not really. He talks about casting and locations with total confidence, but the film has been in the works for years, and the gap between the pitch and the finished movie is the scene's quiet tension.
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第 1 章idle handsMark's Twelfth Hour Deadline
再生中 · 第 2 章have something under your beltMark Pitches Northwestern
第 3 章in their right mindFamily Fights Over the Phone Bill
第 4 章ready to rollMark Runs Out of Money
第 5 章kosherMark Pitches Bill for 45 Grand
第 6 章down and outMark Shoots Coven in the Snow
第 7 章the bottom lineMark Pitches 3,000 Units to Bill
第 8 章lessen the blowShooting Coven in the Graveyard
第 9 章go out of their wayMark Lists His Debts
第 10 章have your cake and eat it tooMark Fears Losing His Kids
第 11 章face up toMark Confesses at Thanksgiving Dinner
第 12 章let a day go byMark Watches His Old Footage
第 13 章the ship is sinkingMark Shoots the Last Take of Coven
第 14 章on the moneyMark Records the Film's First Line
第 15 章for the birdsMark Pushes Bill Through 31 Takes
第 16 章just like youMark's Drunken Rant
第 17 章twist your armMark Picks Kenny Up From Jail
第 18 章catharticMark Smashes Cars on Set
第 19 章hot off the pressesMark Finishes the Last Splice第 2 / 19 章 · 残り約 77 分