So what did I like better? Fiction or Non Fiction film?
This is a question that I’m very at a loss for. If I base it on both production process and group experiences then I don’t believe it truly reflects my love for the each genre of film making. Both my groups for film this year were quite good, so I think it’s much of a … Read more
A vague list of learnings from this documentary making escapade.
Things to improve upon both individually and as a group: -I would have liked our group to have got together some of our extra materials quicker then we did, I think having blank spaces for them for so long probably made our job harder. In terms of knowing if things were working. It was a … Read more
Editing and The Last Slog
After multiple and multiple sessions editing we are now done. Finished. Hallelujah. Some of the editing experiences and challenges included: Structure: Throughout the beginning of editing process, and even half way through, we constantly had issues with structure. As our documentary had no clear point to where we would end up, more specifically a specific … Read more
Last Footage Done!
On Tuesday afternoon our group finished filming all our footage. We went and got all the extra bits that Robin suggested, so hopefully we can really crack down on editing. Firstly we went and got some shots of Eddie and Pat walking around St.Kilda beach and a park. This took about twenty minutes as we … Read more
TWO MORE SHOOTS DOWN AND A NICE REPLY.
Today marks the second shoot down for this week. On Friday we shot our footage of Eddie at the market shopping for his favourite foods. Despite our difficulty organising this particular shoot it went very smoothly. We got permission to also shoot in his favourite Chinese supermarket. On Thursday before Friday’s shoot I emailed The University … Read more
Progression To The Rough Cut
Today in class we went over most of our footage to date and marked it clearly so the editing process will be easier. We have put together about one minute of some of our footage but in terms of getting it all set in a proper structure that hasn’t really happened so far. However we … Read more
Taking A Ride Back To 1977- Peter Adair- Word Is Out Stories Of Some Of Our Lives
Peter Adair entered the film world in the 60′s and his first notable documentary was Holy Ghost People. However he broke through the times with his 1975-1977 documentary film Word Is Out (Stories Of Some Of Our Lives). On this project he collaborated with his lesbian sister Nancy Adair, he produced and directed the film. … Read more
All About Lighting
At this week’s lecture we re-visited lighting and it’s importance in documentaries. Whilst there is more freedom with lighting choices in documentary this doesn’t mean you just set a camera up and shoot. -Using natural light is often used and can be greatly effective for observational footage, it definitely creates a more raw feeling for … Read more
Filming DRAMA.
Today our group had planned to shoot at the Victoria Market to get our main subject Eddie doing some shopping. However one of our group member’s found out just this morning that we require a permit to film at the market. So we had to cancel the shoot, and unfortunately I had already turned up. … Read more
Kirsten Johnston – Derrida
After reading about Kirsten Johnston’s cinematography work on Derrida I thought I’d have a peak at the beginning of this documentary. And straight away I found some inspiration for our own documentary. Beginning the Derrida documentary there are credits coming on top of views of water and cityscape. I though to introduce our own documentary … Read more
