His love for making films, eventually won out, but the overlap of the two different lives Novak lived was influential not only in the short term, but the long term as well. Novak mentions that the process of making a film is never fully realized until you are finally on set with the stage, lighting, the actors in costume, etc., which has been in the planning stage for weeks or months, but it’s not until you see everything in front of you that it begins to crystallize and take shape, and what you have planned for, starts coming together in the final moments before shooting.
DANNY NOVAK — The Intersection of Cinema and Punk
Danny Novak is a great example of an individual who was at the intersection of both the influence of the Vancouver punk rock scene and cinematography, both of which became very important in the look and feel of the film Hard Core Logo.
