So the interview with the florist was today. Left my house thinking "hmmm there's something missing but I don't know what.."
As soon as I reached the site and helped my other mates unpack the gears, OMG I FORGOT TO BRING TAPES. Lucky/unlucky enough Ezra brought an empty tape. Not only that, Sheau wasn't informed about the shoot, double trouble!
The interview went rather draggy but it came to a point when things started to get interesting. In the middle of a good conversation we had, the taped ended. I really want to kick myself for not bringing any extra tape; so much for thinking "Oh hey, I'm not taking the equipments this time! yay! ".
*Facepalms*
Lesson for the day :
1. Be prepared for any circumstances, BRING YOUR TAPES! EVERYONE SHOULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO BRING ONE!
2. COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Ethics
The one word that always gets me going ‘ahh not again..”
We had a guest lecturer who came in today to talk about ethics in documentary. What got me thinking about the lecture was how truth is always contested. I liked how reality isn’t really reality because of various factors.
Presence
- The presence of the camera automatically alters reality when placed at a location that is noticeable.
Exclusion
- The view of a camera is always partial and not impartial. Once a camera is pointed somewhere, the frame has segregated the world that is outside the frame making everything outside insignificant.
Manipulation
- I love the world manipulation because editing is all about manipulation. Somewhat we play God when we edit on screen.
These were the three points that were playing around my head the whole time of lecture especially exclusion. The whole idea of documentary is documenting a story of something, but by doing so, you are choosing to document ‘some-thing’ not every-thing.
We had a guest lecturer who came in today to talk about ethics in documentary. What got me thinking about the lecture was how truth is always contested. I liked how reality isn’t really reality because of various factors.
Presence
- The presence of the camera automatically alters reality when placed at a location that is noticeable.
Exclusion
- The view of a camera is always partial and not impartial. Once a camera is pointed somewhere, the frame has segregated the world that is outside the frame making everything outside insignificant.
Manipulation
- I love the world manipulation because editing is all about manipulation. Somewhat we play God when we edit on screen.
These were the three points that were playing around my head the whole time of lecture especially exclusion. The whole idea of documentary is documenting a story of something, but by doing so, you are choosing to document ‘some-thing’ not every-thing.
Friday, September 3, 2010
Flowersational
So Ezra hooked us up with a florist near his neighbourhood who sells his flowers from a van. Apparently he has been there for ages till the extent that he doesn't have much feelings about flowers(and in fact in disbelief that we're doing a documentary about flowers).
One thing I learnt the hard way from the shoot was that patience is the number one factor if you're going to shoot an observational film. Barely into 2hours and I got bored of filming! In the end we shot in just 1 tape and packed up. Interesting though how customers cringe when they see the camera and try to run away even though we're like far far away. Got me thinking about the ethics lecture somehow - playing with people's lives by filming things that they don't want to get into.
One thing I learnt the hard way from the shoot was that patience is the number one factor if you're going to shoot an observational film. Barely into 2hours and I got bored of filming! In the end we shot in just 1 tape and packed up. Interesting though how customers cringe when they see the camera and try to run away even though we're like far far away. Got me thinking about the ethics lecture somehow - playing with people's lives by filming things that they don't want to get into.
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