Week 11

This week we are filming with Sara to get a better recording and to ask her some new questions. I really liked what she had to say in her last interview. She, like the other two girls, seems mature for her age. She also seems comfortable in front of the camera and also willing be open with Kateland. I wasn’t there to meet her for the first interview and ever since I watched the footage from that day I’ve been looking forward to meeting her. Kateland tells me she’s a film buff, which is always a plus. I’m excited to see what design Natalie has come up with for our poster. Tomorrow is our meeting and I’m going to suggest that we try and draw out the arc of the story to see if we can get a better idea of what’s happening here. I think it would help us a lot if we could have a visual representation of how the story is going to unfold. Then we can see what we have and see what we still need. Visions is this week and I know the girls are very busy with that so I don’t think we’ll be shooting anything other than Sara on Tuesday. 

Week 10 wut wut

I just got done editing Quincy’s interview for us to show in class this week. I’m pretty stoked with the way it came out. She has such a cool and laid back personality. She seems so much older than just 18. In her interview she talked about her personal artistic style and the other types of art she likes to do. She does performance art and writes in her journal, but it’s not just normal writing she adds pictures to it and draws all over the paper. Hard to describe, but she’s really got some great stuff going on here.  In the final cut we will probably only use the wide shot because when she is talking she wiggles around in her chair and goes out of frame a couple times, which is unfortunate because it is a pretty shot. This week I know the girls are very busy with Visions but we are going to get our marketing plan in line and I would also like to go get some exterior shots of the school and possibly the girl’s houses. I know that Kateland was against doing this in the beginning, but today when I was editing I couldn’t help but think that it would be nice to have visuals of the things she was talking about during the interview. The more this comes together the more excited I get about the final project.

Week 9

This week was a little slow with production. An unfortunate family emergency within our group has pushed filming back a few days. We were supposed to shoot the girls at their school on Monday but now I think we are going to try and do that next week. I still think that when we finally get the footage at the school it’s going to be great. Next Wednesday we are showing our best 10 minutes to the class and I look forward to editing and making a pretty sweet clip. Last time we didn’t do much sound design for the clip we showed in class so this time I want to focus more on that and try to give everyone an idea of what the overall sound will be like. So far we have interviewed all of the girls in their own bedrooms asking formal questions and just getting ourselves comfortable with each other. I think the fun part is what’s coming next- observing the girls at their school and following them around for a day. I think that will make for some great footage and also we can get a better idea of who the girls are when they are around other people. 

Lovejoy?

This week we are filming some of Quincy’s rehearsal for a play. I don’t think we are going to use any sound with the footage because we’re probably just going to use it over her interview. It will be add a nice contrast to show some performance art rather than paintings and drawings. I’m really excited about getting to know the girls’ art teacher, Mr. Lovejoy, (talk about an awesome name). He seems to be very acquainted with film and is genuinely interested in what we are doing. Which is nice and I think will aid our interviews if the person getting interviewed actually wants to make it better. Kateland said he has some personal friends that do film stuff so he was more than welcoming of our inquiry about an interview. It will be cool to hear what he has to say about our girls in comparison to the entire class. I can’t wait to visit their school and see what they do every day. I hope that they are willing to let us follow them around and go through a complete day with them, I think that it would be very useful to get a solid grasp on exactly what these girls do every single day. 

Spring Break/Art Show

This Friday is the art show that all three girls are participating in. I think were going to get some great footage this week and I’m looking forward to seeing all the girls there and being able to look at their art collectively. Our sound for our first interview wasn’t the best so from now on I’m going to do everything I can to assure that it doesn’t happen again. I feel most comfortable with sound so I need to step up my game and learn everything I can in order to be an asset to my team. Our group dynamic has changed a little bit, I will be doing all of the sound and Taylor will be teaching me everything she knows about DP so I can get more comfortable with it. This week will be the first time I have ever used lavalier mics so I’m ready to get some experience with that. Sarah is in charge of setting up the art show so I think that we are going to go a little early to get some shots of her getting everything ready. They said they might not want us to film during the actual show because it could be distracting but I’m sure that we’ll get some great stuff from before and afterwards.