Monday 21 jan 2013
Today I rang the boat builder Jim Connel (?), the boat they
are currently building will not be finished for another couple of weeks. This
means that I cannot start filming the boat documentary until then (I had
originally intended to film the process from beginning to end). I can however
start filming for the introduction to the documentary and some other non
activity related filming (interview, scenic shots..). I hope to begin this next
week once I have the tripod and microphone available to use.
Thursday 24 January 2013
Today I finally got going with the cameras, or so I thought;
I forgot two things, to check if the batteries were charged and to bring a
consent form for the participants of the documentary. These are not things that
cannot be absorbed from reading Bill Nichols. I did however talk to the members
of some of the clubs (table tennis & fencing) and I have cleared to film
others. These are the little things that I will check without thinking once I develop
a workflow.
Monday 28th January 2013
Today I went into college to collect the camera and the
tripod from the Huston. I have no mic to do any interviews but I wanted to get
going with the filming and so I shall film regardless. I think that I need to
make a few mistakes and the sooner I get them out of the way the better. I
managed to film the activities of two clubs today, the archery club and the
badminton club. They were both very accommodating and were happy to coordinate
in order for me to get the shot I wanted. I am trying to film in accordance
with a few motifs and the shots are intended to express this. The two main ones
are the coordinated movement of groups and or specific shots of movement that
are going to be repeated across a few sports disciplines. As occurred previously
when filming ideas come when you are in the process working. I find when
filming clubs (and perhaps this goes for all documentary) that I need to strike
a balance between coordinating the activities and letting the participants get
along with their activities. Is my shot list just in fact a script, and am I
straying into fiction.
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