If you haven’t seen Richard Linklater’s 2014 film, Boyhood, I highly recommend it.
It’s a coming of age story, but it was filmed over a 12 year period, following the same actor as he grew from 6 to 18 years of age.
Linklater started production without a script, and only wrote the next year’s plot after reviewing the previous year’s footage. He adapted the script based on the changes he saw in the actors, too.
I marvelled at the seamless transitions between the years, and I imagined the commitment required from the producers, actors, and the production team to bring this story to the screen.
If you end up watching it, let me know what you thought of it. I think there is a lesson we can all find in Linklater’s Tenacity.