week11 - trix

The more technical edu. we get, the more they get into our practice. The theoretical part of film making is in my view a very good and useful initation before the shooting and meanwhile the shooting part as well. The different shots of people at an interview is important, to know how to ask a person a question is almost life and death, in case you miss his answers and go on talking silly things is not anymore your film, but your monolouge...basic principle.
the more open you are the more people will give you as well, however it is not always the case we can get them to talk. one tricky way is to switch off the camera while the candidate thinks it's turned on (NO tally lights!) and ask the question, when he finished up with his nervous talk switch on the cam as if U had just turned it off and begin to chat with him about the topic. very nice:p - easy way to get the most out of sy:)

Film2 Planning

At last, after 2hrs planning it seems to have been cleared up what's gonna B shooted, however I'm still unsure about its details, the main thing is that it's on our mind to create a film...
As a consesus, of many various ideas I decided to help out our situation and mix the demands in order to get a coherent output.

The following is set so far:

We make a conversation in a studio, a reporter who talks to different guests and the guests after a short introductory lines go on with their stories. The stories'll B represented in videos, as if they were telling them. This gives the essential expression of each person according to his/her styles.
The guests are an animal lover, who challanges to have discovered a new spice, of course some sort of living creature will be the subject to the movie.
Second guest is a spiritual alcoholist, who discovers high mental states via being influenced some beverages.
Last but not least we have a prostitute and a gay guy if possible and while having a veryy important chat with them they introduce themseves and their daily practice...

Looking forward for some commentary:)

Week 8 - Editing techniques

The session about filming techniques and various editing hints left such a great impact on me, that I was counting at home the shots in advertisemnets. Sounds funny but gives a sense to watch such programms you'd never do. Amasingly lots of shots are required even for a small scale film to be done, so the overall working hours of a film and its value has taken a new aspect in me.