{"id":5855,"date":"2018-02-01T08:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/?p=5855"},"modified":"2018-04-18T02:56:49","modified_gmt":"2018-04-18T09:56:49","slug":"interview-with-scott-speer-on-directing-midnight-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/travel\/interview-with-scott-speer-on-directing-midnight-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Scott Speer on Directing \u201cMidnight Sun\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cMidnight Sun\u201d director Scott Speer.<\/span> Courtesy Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Scott Speer is a quadruple threat with a vast number of credits spanning music videos, television, film, and books.\u00a0Too numerous to list, here are some highlights of his impressive resume: University of Southern California’s School of Cinema- Television graduate, Speer jump-started his career making music videos for which he won the 2006 MVPA Award for Directorial Debut of the Year, followed by his first MTV Video Music award for his work on \u201cBella Traicion.\u201d He also received two Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association.\u00a0 With his behind the camera experience, he transitioned to commercials working on major accounts including, Colgate, Sara Lee, and Buick. Having racked up numerous video producing and directing credits, Speer directed his first feature film \u2013 \u201cStep Up Revolution.\u201d His novels include: \u201cImmortal City,\u201d \u201cNatural Born Angel,\u201d \u201cImmortal City: Battle Angel,\u201d \u201cAngel City Love,\u201d and \u201cBattle Angel: An Immortal City Novel.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Novels written by Scott Speer.<\/span> Courtesy Photos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Scott Speer directed \u201cStep Up Revolution,” his first feature film.<\/span> Courtesy Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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With myriad skills and acute sensitivity, Speer brings to the big screen \u201cMidnight Sun\u201d a beautifully made romantic drama from a screenplay by Eric Kirsten. Co-starring Rob Riggle and Quinn Shephard, the story revolves around Katie Price (Bella Thorne), a young girl with XP,* a rare genetic disease that is deadly if she is exposed to even a drop of sunlight.\u00a0 Housebound during daylight hours, for years she has watched Charlie (Patrick Schwarzenegger<\/a>) skate past her window on his way to school and developed a crush on him.\u00a0 To break up the monotony of being shut in during the day, at night Katie takes her guitar to the railway station where she plays music for commuters. At last, she and Charlie meet and thus begins a magical summer of romance in its purest form, reminiscent of the innocent days of yesteryear.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bella Thorne & Patrick Schwarzenegger co-star in \u201cMidnight Sun.\u201d<\/span> Courtesy Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Speer recently sat down with a select group of journalists to discuss the film, and the following has been edited for content and continuity for print purposes.<\/em><\/p>\n

You skillfully avoided pathos or turning the film into a \u201cpity party.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer:\u00a0 Thank you for seeing that.\u00a0 The emotional tone or color of the movie was really important because when you talk to kids who actually have XP, they don\u2019t want to be a disease. There are presently about 150 confirmed cases in the U.S. and\u00a0\u00a0they think of themselves as normal kids like Bella\u2019s character of Katie. XP is a one in a million condition so we wanted to be very honest in how we presented this story.<\/p>\n

Since it is so rare, what are the symptoms and how is it diagnosed?\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer:\u00a0 The symptoms show up when kids are in the playground screaming and crying from pain following a severe sunburn, which is how they are diagnosed.\u00a0 There\u2019s not a lot of information online so we had to contact people who actually have familiarity with XP.\u00a0 As we\u2019ve begun promoting the movie, one of the websites that is an authority on XP, tweeted us and said that in the last 24 hours, they had gotten 100,00 hits.\u00a0 (Audible \u201cwow.\u201d<\/em>)\u00a0 It made my day that we could help be part of awareness on some level.\u00a0 We never set out to make a documentary or a movie about a sickness, but it\u2019s great that we can help with advocacy at the same time.<\/p>\n

You really walked a fine line with this story as it could have denigrated into a soppy soap opera but it was anything but that.\u00a0 It is beautifully done \u2013 the directing is superb, the acting is superb, the cinematography is superb.\u00a0 That said, why did you want to tell this particular story?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer:\u00a0 Because I love love stories and because I love romantic dramas and I feel there are actually very few romantic dramas these days.\u00a0 It\u2019s a genre that\u2019s under represented.\u00a0 You know, there are a lot of romantic comedies, and there\u2019s a lot of hybrids but if you go back to my favorite movies like \u201cWest Side Story,\u201d or \u201cLove Story,\u201d or \u201cSplendor in the Grass,\u201d or think back to some of Betty Davis\u2019 early work, there was a genre in Hollywood that was this cathartic romantic drama, and that\u2019s what we set out to make.<\/p>\n

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L-R: Director Scott Speer checking a scene with Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger during shooting of \u201cMidnight Sun.\u201d<\/span> Courtesy Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What was your reaction when you first read Eric Kirsten\u2019s script?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer:\u00a0 I cried and then called a producer who is a friend of mine and said that I thought we could do something very classical and special and great with this movie.\u00a0 From there it was about casting \u2013 can you find the leads who can give you that classic old Hollywood chemistry?\u00a0 Can you find that kind of quality from two people? That\u2019s why we cast Patrick to co-star with Bella.<\/p>\n

Do you think this movie will be Patrick\u2019s big break?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer:\u00a0 I hope so.\u00a0 I hope you enjoyed him in the film.\u00a0 This is his first leading role, but he\u2019s got all the tools he needs to do whatever he wants to do \u2013 whether it\u2019s what his father did \u2013 action movies or something totally different.\u00a0 He\u2019s a very different man from his father.\u00a0 I know as humble and proud of his legacy he is, he\u2019s not trying to rely on his background for success.\u00a0\u00a0 He really wants to be his own actor and I think he has that quality of the strong, silent type.<\/p>\n

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Director Scott Speer on Patrick Schwarzenegger: \u201cI know as humble and proud of his legacy as he is, he’s not trying to rely on his background to achieve success.\u201d Photo credit: Ed Araquel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Did you see the Japanese film \u201cSong to the Sun\u201d on which Eric Kirsten\u2019s screenplay was based?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer:\u00a0 I know the script was based on a Japanese film of the same name.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t watch that film until after we wrapped because I wanted that movie and that filmmaker to have his movie and for us to have our movie.\u00a0 I thought that was the most respectful thing to do.\u00a0 Every movie is lightening in a bottle so trying to chase something is never the right idea.\u00a0 By the way, the Japanese film is different, but really a great movie.<\/p>\n

What was your thinking behind not having a sex scene, which was refreshing?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer:\u00a0 (Laughs<\/em>) As a filmmaker, my foundation is fairy tales so every scene in the movie has to have a purpose and has to push our story along.\u00a0 So, if there\u2019s a sex scene that\u2019s called for, then wonderful, but just putting one in for the sake of putting one in doesn\u2019t feel right.<\/p>\n

Nathaniel Walcott\u2019s musical score was spot on.\u00a0 How do you think music influences a character or a moment on film?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer:\u00a0 Thank you for bringing up the music.\u00a0 I love the music in the movie.\u00a0 I use music in everything I do \u2013 whether it\u2019s movies or the work I did on MTV.\u00a0 I feel that music communicates as well or better than images and oftentimes if a character cannot articulate what they\u2019re feeling, then a song can do that for them.<\/p>\n

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Director Scott Speer setting up a shot.<\/span> Courtesy Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How did you decide on the songs Katie sings in the film?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Speer:\u00a0 We had always planned to tell the story through music as well as through the narrative and began looking for Katie\u2019s sound.\u00a0 I listened to hundreds and hundreds of songs but what I was looking for was the same idea as when you\u2019re sitting around a campfire and someone has a guitar and begins to play let\u2019s say a Beyonce song or another pop song. The guitar sounds so much more enchanting and something raw.\u00a0 That was the quality I wanted for her songs.\u00a0 Once we found the music, then we dragged Bella into the studio and said that we were going to record four songs, but will only use one.\u00a0 She was terrified to record these songs.\u00a0 What you learn about her is that she\u2019s a perfectionist and if she can\u2019t do something right, she doesn\u2019t want to do it at all.\u00a0 We wound up recording ten songs five of which are in the movie and now she\u2019s doing a ton of her own music.<\/p>\n

Were there any surprises during the shoot?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer:\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 Always.\u00a0 This is filmmaking so what does go right?\u00a0 The biggest surprise for me was probably Pat and Bella\u2019s chemistry in their performance.\u00a0 We had to shoot the sailboat scene on day two of production because we had only one week of sunshine in Vancouver.\u00a0 I had to put them in the boat with drones buzzing around getting the wide shots.\u00a0 They already knew their characters so well that they could just turn on the chemistry. That was one of the greatest surprises.<\/p>\n

Any others?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer: Another one was Rob Riggle who plays Katie\u2019s father Jack.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think anyone has ever seen dramatic scenes like this from Rob. It was a pleasure working with him. I think most people see him as this screwball comic.\u00a0 He can do that in his sleep and he\u2019s great at that.\u00a0 He has two daughters and he read the part and said that he wanted to do it and put himself on tape, which he really didn\u2019t have to do.\u00a0 I was already prepping the movie and he joined the cast and gave a wonderful performance.<\/p>\n

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Director Scott Speer on Rob Riggle\u2019s performance in \u201cMidnight Sun:\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t think anyone has ever seen dramatic scenes like this from Rob. It was a pleasure working with him.\u201d (L-R: Rob Riggle and Bella Thorne.\u201d) Photo credit: Ed Araquel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Katie goes to her first concert.\u00a0 Do you remember yours?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer: I always wanted to portray that. I grew up in San Diego and this might not be the sexiest answer but Punk Rock was a big deal at the time.\u00a0 At my rival high school was a bunch of local kids who called themselves \u201cBlink 182\u201d and that was my first concert.\u00a0 It felt like magic \u2013 the light, the sound, the people, the sweat on the skin.<\/p>\n

What were some of the films that impacted you as a youngster?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer: I was a little kid growing up on Steven Spielberg\u2019s movies and crying at \u201cET,\u201d crying at \u201cThe Lion King,\u201d being scared out of my mind watching \u201cJurassic Park,\u201d and then going back and watching \u201cJaws,\u201d and being even more scared.\u00a0 (Laughter<\/em>)<\/p>\n

What age range will this film appeal to and what do you think the audience take away will be?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer: Obviously, our core will be teenagers but I hope we can bring in everyone. I wanted to make a movie about hope. Bella Thorne said, live your life like Katie Price.\u00a0 It\u2019s a hopeful tribute to the power of love, the power of first love, the power of living your life to its fullest despite any perceived challenges.\u00a0 We don\u2019t all have XP, but we all have challenges.\u00a0 At some point, everyone in this room has felt as though you were locked in a tower away from the world and wanting so much to be part of that world, but you can\u2019t and you just watch it go by.\u00a0 That could be anything like moving to a new school in your senior year, which means losing all your friends and even a girlfriend.\u00a0 This film to me, is like a fairy tale in a way but ultimately, I was trying to make a hopeful, triumphant film that resonated with everybody.<\/p>\n

Any special marketing plans?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer:\u00a0 The marketing department made \u201cMidnight Sun\u201d tissue boxes, which we gave out at some screenings.\u00a0 (Laughter<\/em>) At first the audience wondered what that was about and then cut to the end of the movie, and everyone is using them.\u00a0 That\u2019s when I feel like we\u2019re really communicating and the more we do that the more we can communicate in other things, be it politics or anything else.<\/p>\n

Thank you for making a sweet film.\u00a0 Hurry and do the next one.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Speer: Thank you so much for your kind words.<\/p>\n

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