So, editing has been an interesting process for this project but has been overall successful. We have had a couple last minute interviews so it has been hard to edit with only one and not knowing exactly what the later interviews were going to say. I dedicated Easter Weekend solely to editing. I was happy with the rough cut I put together, but then again I only had one interview to work with. After getting the last two interviews, it was generally pretty easy to work them into the rough cut I made. I had the topics of discussion in the order I wanted and just put the two new interviews into the pre-made chapters already established with my first interview. It was quite difficult getting the interviews to flow together though. They each spoke so differently. I eventually got my chapters set and had the interview flowing but felt as if my film was purely 10 minutes of people talking with no breaks. After showing the image lock and getting feedback it was easy to see that I just needed to add some footage of the cats in between each chapter. After doing some small adjustments and adding in some breathing room, I can finally see my film getting close to being done. I loved putting the b-roll in as we have so many gorgeous shots of the cats that I was excited to share. Unfortunately we still need a few photos from the rescue, but I am hoping to get those next week before submitting to the end of the year screening.
Overall, it is a weird but good feeling being so close to the finish line with this project. I am very happy with our product and cannot believe it came to life. I cannot wait to start to submitting to festivals as I want to successfully raise awareness about the issues brought up Tameless. I was very hesitant to apply to direct a project for 495, but I am so thankful I did. I now have more experience in the field I want to go into and came out with a product that I am very proud of.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Sunday, April 19, 2015
Week 9
We finally got our Nat Geo guy! I am thrilled with the interview we got for him, even though it was pretty short. He was very enthusiastic and was generous enough to allow us to interview him during his busy schedule. Apparently he is experienced with interviews because of his affliation with National Geographic. He articulated very well and paused in all the right places. He definitely knew what he was talking about. I think I did well with the questions. I am happy with the way I structured them as the questions seemed to flow as if we were having a conversation. It was much different than the Carolina Tiger Rescue interviews though. He wanted to rehearse the questions before, which I found a bit odd as I have never down that with an interviewee. I was scared that rehearsing the questions would take away from when we were actually filming, but fortunately it did not.
Visions Film Festival
I was able to attend Visions even though we had an interview in Durham that afternoon. I attended the first conference block, which I was very impressed with. I was impressed with how invested each student was and how passionate they were about the topics of their papers. You could easily tell that each student who presented knew so much about the subject they were talking about. None of them read a script word for word. You could tell a few were a litter nervous, but generally I was very impressed with their public speaking skills. I found the essay "The Act of Piracy: Accessing the act of Killing in Indonesia" extremely interesting as a paper topic. I would never think to write a paper on such a topic and admire the student for being able to research and find out so much information about a risqué topic.
After the interview in Durham, we quickly made it back for the second film block. The films were fantastic. I was so impressed and inspired after watching these films, especially a few of the animations. The quality and content of these films were superb. The animated short Villains has to be my favorite. The handwork and detail put into that film was easily recognizable and I highly admire that student filmmaker for such a high quality product. The film Fucking Be really grabbed my attention with its very unique beginning. The content of that film was very good and intriguing, I just wish the production value of it was a little better and more polished.
Overall, I was fascinated with Visions Film Festival. This was my first time attending and I was extremely impressed by how smoothly it ran and how organized and professional it was. I know many people in Visions and know how much hard work is put in and I can confidently say as an attender that the handwork and dedication clearly shows in the final product.
Visions Film Festival
I was able to attend Visions even though we had an interview in Durham that afternoon. I attended the first conference block, which I was very impressed with. I was impressed with how invested each student was and how passionate they were about the topics of their papers. You could easily tell that each student who presented knew so much about the subject they were talking about. None of them read a script word for word. You could tell a few were a litter nervous, but generally I was very impressed with their public speaking skills. I found the essay "The Act of Piracy: Accessing the act of Killing in Indonesia" extremely interesting as a paper topic. I would never think to write a paper on such a topic and admire the student for being able to research and find out so much information about a risqué topic.
After the interview in Durham, we quickly made it back for the second film block. The films were fantastic. I was so impressed and inspired after watching these films, especially a few of the animations. The quality and content of these films were superb. The animated short Villains has to be my favorite. The handwork and detail put into that film was easily recognizable and I highly admire that student filmmaker for such a high quality product. The film Fucking Be really grabbed my attention with its very unique beginning. The content of that film was very good and intriguing, I just wish the production value of it was a little better and more polished.
Overall, I was fascinated with Visions Film Festival. This was my first time attending and I was extremely impressed by how smoothly it ran and how organized and professional it was. I know many people in Visions and know how much hard work is put in and I can confidently say as an attender that the handwork and dedication clearly shows in the final product.
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