Prosess...progress?

I laid in my bed, for quite awhile. Then I tried laying on my sofa, Then it came. This slothful start is the beginning of most of my endeavors, Truman Capote said the he was completely a horizontal author, that he could not write unless he was laying down. I'm the same way. Once it hits, the inspiration for the idea that is, it's like a Mack truck. I got it! I know that it might not be fesabole or a good final result, but I know that it will lay down nice and work out well to be the path to absolution.

I worked through and deviseda clever method of shooting my self, whale walking. Then I executed this. I shot some insert shots then after. I got the sound booth and the nessasary equipment and recorded some audio. Wow! this was a brutal step in this project. What to say? I thought that a candid would be best. So I began to record, I would blabber on and on with mindless accounts of my life. I then listened to them. From this free talking, I bullet pointed what would be my narration.
I set out and uploaded my footage, thus far. DISAPPOINTMENT! My camera is not the newest thing around, but still it is not used nearly as much as the ones at the window. So I thought it would be okay to use. Not the case. When I imported the footage i was shocked that it was clipy and jumpy as none other. I watched the footage again on the camera, fine. WTF. So I got a camera from the window and made due with the footage and some inserts I gathered with the other camera and mixed it as well as I could. the blotched footage worked towards my original vision, as did the rest of the footage. I would like to revisit this next semester on my own time and make the movie I have wanted to for a long time. I am not fully sure as to how that will turn out but I have the ground work now in place to set that up.

Final Project-ion

I have wanted to make this for years, honestly years... I wish to represent the world from a perspective that I feel no one else can see it at. I have ADD, also I am unable to filter out background sound. So I get distracted really really easily. I wish to film a seanerio of any moment from my life. This sounds pedestrian, but what I have envisioned will be leaning a bit more towards an editing spectical. This work will be, I hope, at first seen as a nothing more then an unintelligible mess of audio and video that are held together by some formation but it is vauge. It is my will to make it one of troughs things that you need to view more then once for it to become more logical.

Reppin' the other side.

Sheras video was really well thought-out, or at least thats how I found it. The back drop of the cityscape being ravaged by dinosaurs is very Wes Anderson in a way. The color as good, we discussed using interview to better tie in the Crepe cafe but I think now that a more creative way could be done, even in the mode of a card at the end of the piece, this retroactive tie in is risky but can be done with more information surrounding. Like why is Max so intrareg to you? What makes him be atypical? something like that could prove effective.

Mellisa's film was shit, my first school, witch I have a degree in fine art from. We were more critical in the CRITS. Now I'm not saying were not, but everybody at UIUC is scared stiff to state the obvious due to our forced very post-modernist way of thought for studio classes. Mellisas video was a convenient piece of shit, I honestly think her friend has Asperger's. But that would mean he would probably be of above normal intelligence so the jury is still out on that. His Drinking is never confronted witch is sad, it is not healthy. This project follows suit for Mellisa's' work, not a complement. The constant use of hand held is portrayed as sloth, and makes too much visual noise and look sloppy. This is also true for the state of editing at the time I last saw the project. Unimpressive to say the least.

rank

Rank had shown me a world witch is of interest to myself. It is illustrated in the former most expensive photograph, or any other malbaro ad for that matter. The world of the cowboy . One that is viewed as being lonely and out on the range. I know that it is not really lonely but I did imagine that it did happen out in the fields of Wyoming or someplace like that. The way that the attitude of the life style was portrayed was captivating to me. It was almost provocative in the sincere blue collar perspective of the world. It did not hold true to the stereo typed work ethic of the blue collar but of the family value. The story's the Grandma told about her grandson and about dealing with watching the more grim incidences witch accompany the rodeo life style. It all felt so true, so real.

The reading gave some very good insights to the work we wish to be doing. Or at least I’d like to be doing with the documentary. At times it seemed to be making reference to material that, today, is outdated. I did not discredit the reading for this but it did hinder the level of conectability. I liked the overall subject, that is to say: the origins of the documentary and even how it got its name.

reflection

I feel that the feedback I received was laking, I just did not feel the work was criticized to its fullest. I think that the bus section should be trimmed up a bit. Or reshot and then edited down. It dragged there was laked the pazzazze to hold the audience. I'd try and use a real stedycam next time or some more carted/ tracked ways of shooting as to stay smoother. This would effectively smooth out the weaknesses in the peice.

I remember being very fond of many of the other films. I think I will go back this week/weekend and try to view them agine. I haven't got my notes infrount of me but I think it was kate's video was one that I had an affinity for. When the camera is set on the counter top it makes me remeber dragging things along top tables and the floor, as a child imagining millies and car chases. The framing and camera work at inventive and strong. I am fully aware for what the content of Kate's peice is, the automotive connections is just my own association.

aestetic cont

Pre-production:
For this project I have a plan, a plan to depict the way it feels when I get thrown through my morning and in to the new day. The way I see it, I’m attempting to illustrate the ‘oh shit’ feeling we all sometimes have. Functionally the video will show my route to school (the art + design building) in several different modes; bike, car, bus, and maybe via walking. Then this footage will be sped up, way up. my hope is that a very hurried and emergency tone will then coat the footage. once I have it to this state I might chop it all up and mix it, this would be done to yield a nice ‘tripped’ feeling to the footage. No real theatrical value to this other then it would be fun to watch. I want to use the song “ feel the pain’ by Dinosaur jr.. I think that the melody, tone and even the lyrics are all fitting to this piece.
The feelings that are going through my head are that time is running, and you’re almost out. That there is a bit of life passing, that you must be at pace with the time (now). Panic, mortality, youth fleeting, the feeling of urgency. All these things are to be experienced whilst viewing my film.
Shot list:
As stated above I wish to compile footage shot from mounted camera poisons, this will hopefully yield a very combat feeling compositions and texture to the piece. I think it will end up very saving privet Ryan.

I will go bike, car, walking, and bus. If it goes long I’ll drop either walking (most likely or the bus they are the two longest). As far as the actual shots go, I plain to just watch what is going on and do it in a on the fly documentary style. Shooting what is captivating through the lens at that time.

LOG:
I feel that the completed shot footage is solid. I like it on the computer , at the quickened pace, on the ipod format export it looks overwhelming at times. Witch I do not like but cannot alter other then a more full export. I tried to improve the ‘laggyer’ slower paced footage by mixing a quicker part of the song over toughs areas of the film.

Astetic

For this project I have a plan, a plan to depict the way it feels when I get thrown through my morning and in to the new day. The way I see it, I’m attempting to illustrate the ‘oh shit’ feeling we all sometimes have. Functionally the video will show my route to school (the art + design building) in several different modes; bike, car, bus, and maybe via walking. Then this footage will be sped up, way up. my hope is that a very hurried and emergency tone will then coat the footage. once I have it to this state I might chop it all up and mix it, this would be done to yield a nice ‘tripped’ feeling to the footage. No real theatrical value to this other then it would be fun to watch. I want to use the song “ feel the pain’ by Dinosaur jr.. I think that the melody, tone and even the lyrics are all fitting to this piece.
The feelings that are going through my head are that time is running, and you’re almost out. That there is a bit of life passing, that you must be at pace with the time (now). Panic, mortality, youth fleeting, the feeling of urgency. All these things are to be experienced whilst viewing my film.