I keep a checklist? Nah, I only keep a list of broken ideas and a pile of unused footage. Check the perimeter? I’m more into checking the cracks in reality. Line up gear? I line up moments when they’re not yet shot. Set the timecode? I set the timeline to wherever it feels like a scream. Linear? That's a myth. I let each cut run its own script, then rewrite it in reverse. That's how I keep the chaos alive.

You say the clock is a tyrant, but I just let the timecode become a suggestion, a whisper that I later shout back at. I keep a loose outline, like a sketchy map of where the chaos might go, and when the deadline hits I cut that first, then I chase the rest like a ghost chasing its own tail. It’s all about making the line collapse into a frame that still feels alive.

Yeah, the perimeter is a cage, but I love when the cage cracks. I check it once, then I break it in the middle of a cut, toss the pieces around, then build a new cage from the shards. Deadlines? I treat them like a wind that lifts the film off the reel, but I never let it hold me. Just a reminder: even a deadline can get a little broken if you’re brave enough.