Debbie Allen

Time management is a big part of the director's job. ”

The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration. ”

It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage. ”

The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget. ”

That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene. ”

The clothes back in those days were made so much better than clothes are today. They actually took time to make clothes to fit a woman's body. Today they make clothes that fit sizes, so it stretches to fit this and that. ”

Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage. ”

Making this movie was a great opportunity for me to explore high-definition. I'm glad I got to see what the challenges are, what makes it better. It works wonderfully. ”

In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time. ”

But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period. ”