start making or playing something
I'll put on the coffee.American Movie · 1999 — 第 4 / 19 章 · 4'25" · B2
Mark Runs Out of Money, Explained：ready to roll
Eleven days before filming Coven, Mark does the math and realizes he has nothing. The script isn't ready, casting hasn't started, and the locations are thin. "No one has ever paid admission to see an excuse," he says, turning his panic into a motto, then heads out to shoot scarecrows with the crew anyway.
あらすじ
Before the shoot, Mark is rushing to type and copy sheets for a meeting. Eleven days out from Coven, he admits the script, casting and locations are nowhere near ready, and that he has no money. The film then cuts back to his school years, the army, and the moment he decided to make another movie. On location, he sets up the scarecrows and declares the crew ready to roll.
注目の表現
have something copiedfuckingpaid admissiondrop out of
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このシーンの表現
ready to roll
ready to start or go
Mark announces the location and pulls the crew together to start shooting.
The gear is packed and the crew is ready to roll.
このシーンの他の表現
- have something copied
get something copied by someone
- fucking
damn, as an intensifier
- paid admission
buy a ticket to get in
- drop out of
quit school before finishing
- known to man
every kind that exists
このシーンのメモ一覧
66 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
Link put and on so they sound almost like one word.
I'll put on the coffee.get something copied by someone
Mark is rushing to prep tonight's meeting and lists copying the sheets as a job to arrange.
I gotta type up sheets and have them copied for the meeting tonight.The t in gotta is often dropped in fast speech; try it aloud.
Man, I gotta get some information across.buy a ticket to get in
Mark puts a price on excuses and decides the audience would never pay for one.
No one has ever paid admission to see an excuse.huge, damn big — Casual exaggeration between friends; too crude for formal settings.
You know, it's like you're the lone man on this-- the lone captain on this big-ass ocean liner...at most, in the best case
The locations are scant at best.Are you is usually reduced in quick, emotional speech.
Are you crazy? That's 11 days away from now.the initial opinion of someone
My first impression of him was...a rough, untamed guy — Slang for a rough, raw guy; do not say it to his face.
he looks like a pretty raw dog.in terms of, regarding
He showed a lot of promise as far as schooling.concerned clause: It narrows the point to testing only before adding another thought.
That is, as testing was concerned. Not that he was that great a student...quit school before finishing
A voice from home recalls that Mark left high school because he felt he learned nothing.
He dropped out of high school because he felt he didn't learn anything there.fix or put in order
but to try to straighten out his life...inversion: The verb comes before the subject to spotlight the arrival.
Then along came Coven.every kind that exists
Mark grumbles that Coven has already tried every camera setting there is.
We've got every f-stop known to man in the film.start doing something about it
Now we gotta take action. We gotta put those scarecrows in on a killer slant.the single, special one
compelled to go to this group meeting by his one and only friend left.forced or driven to do it
Mark describes a character pushed into a support group by his last remaining friend.
compelled to go to this group meeting by his one and only friend left.finally finish this thing
Coven, man. We got to get this sucker done though. Seriously.this thing, this job — Casual word for a thing or task you must finish.
Coven, man. We got to get this sucker done though. Seriously.ready to start or go
Mark announces the location and pulls the crew together to start shooting.
We're in America today, and we're ready to roll.take a look at this
But check it out, Mike. Do you know about the placement of the scarecrows?「Mark Runs Out of Money」を読み解く
What's really going on
This chapter is a crash course in the gap between ambition and reality. Mark wants to be a director, but the numbers do not lie: "Are you crazy? That's 11 days away from now." The script, the casting and the money are all missing, and he says it plainly with "There's no excuses." What keeps it from being a pity party is that he never stops working. The same man who admits "I have no hope of getting any money until Coven is finished" is minutes later on location, redressing scarecrows for the opening shot and telling everyone they are ready to roll. The look back at his school years and the army frames the whole thing: this is not one bad day, it is a life of refusing to quit.
Theme
AmbitionMark bets everything on Coven despite having no money, an unready script and only eleven days.
MoneyHis panic about having no cash until the film is finished drives the whole chapter.
このチャプターで学べること
- An excuse costs nothing because nobody would pay to see it.
- Ready to roll turns nervous energy into a starting gun.
- Dropping out can sound like a choice, not just a failure.
- Profanity here is aimed at the speaker himself.
発音のポイント
- put on — Link put and on so they sound almost like one word.
- gotta get — The t in gotta is often dropped in fast speech; try it aloud.
- Are you — Are you is usually reduced in quick, emotional speech.
No one has ever paid admission to see an excuse.The audience pays to see a finished film, not the reasons it wasn't made; it is Mark's motto against self-pity.
He dropped out of high school because he felt he didn't learn anything there.Part of the backstory: Mark walked away from school because it gave him nothing, the same stubbornness behind his filmmaking.
That's pathetic, man. Is that what you want to do with your life?He turns on himself after a drunken night of calling Morocco; it is both self-disgust and the push to get back to work.
We're in America today, and we're ready to roll.The crew is finally on location and about to shoot. After all the panic, this is Mark's way of saying they are underway.
このシーンについての質問
Why is Mark panicking in this scene?
Coven is only eleven days from shooting, but the script, casting, locations and money are all not ready. He realizes he cannot get paid until the film is finished.
What does Mark mean by 'no excuses'?
He refuses to let setbacks become reasons for not finishing. His line 'No one has ever paid admission to see an excuse' means audiences pay for a film, not for why it wasn't made.
Who is talking about Mark's school years and the army?
An older relative, in voiceover, is filling in Mark's backstory: gifted testing in Milwaukee, dropping out of high school, joining the army, then coming home and deciding to make another film.
What are the scarecrows doing in Coven?
They are set dressing for the opening shots. Mark has his crew restage them at a sharp angle on the farm, even though the farm has burned down.
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次のチャプター · 第 5 章kosherMark Pitches Bill for 45 Grand
第 1 章idle handsMark's Twelfth Hour Deadline
第 2 章have something under your beltMark Pitches Northwestern
第 3 章in their right mindFamily Fights Over the Phone Bill
再生中 · 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 4 / 19 章 · 残り約 68 分