Week 11

This week began stressfully. I had to spend a lot of time editing on Tuesday to have ten minutes of footage ready for class. I didn’t get the footage from my other group members until Tuesday afternoon and I had to make some adjustments to their footage while also organizing it all together. Once I finished organizing I had issues with rendering which made for a long night. The footage was definitely rough and we still need to continue to work on tech. The feedback we got was really good though. A lot of people in the class had some great ideas that have gotten me excited about the options we have going forward. 

Looking ahead, we’re going to film again on Tuesday with Sara. We’re going to reshoot her interview to get better quality and try some other techniques to add dimension to the project. Taylor has been hard at work on the marketing elements of the film and tomorrow in our meeting we’re going to work on the teasers and trailer. We also asked Natalie to design the poster for us which she was more than willing to do. I figured she’d be able to come up with something much better than anything we would. I did give her an idea of what I was thinking of so I’m excited to see what she comes up with.

The documentary will probably take a back seat for the rest of the week though because Visions is this weekend and Taylor and I will be busy with that. I’m looking forward to the amount of time that we’ll be able to put into the documentary once this weekend is over.

Week 10

This week has been very busy. We started out facebook page and have already reached one hundred likes which is nice. Taylor also researched film festivals that might be suited for our film; festivals with categories for students as well as those that may lean towards a more feminist demographic. I think she found some interesting festivals. Looking on the withoutabox website and seeing the various festivals was amazing for how many there were and how specific they could be. 

We also re-filmed an interview with one of the girls. Hopefully the composition is good this time around. Along with the interview we filmed another girl’s rehearsal for her school play. We weren’t there long, just enough to get some footage to use for b-roll. The rest of the week and the next couple of days will go into editing the ten minutes to present in class. Like I said before, very busy. 

Looking ahead, Taylor and I have a lot of work to do for Visions so we may not be able to film over the next couple of weeks but once Visions has passed we are going to dive into filming as much as possible when we will have more time. 

Week 9

This week has not been as productive as I would have liked. An unexpected family emergency within our group caused us to have to push back filming. We’re going to have to regroup and find a few days later in the week to film as well as early next week. We have to have ten minuted of footage by next Wednesday’s class and as of right now we are not even close. Hopefully everything will fall into place and we’ll get some good footage filmed in the coming days. Before this week I felt like we were beginning to pick up some momentum and I hope that when we start back it will still be there. I think the girl’s are beginning to feel more comfortable with the process and hopefully that will show on camera. Over the next few days I’ll try and edit what useable footage we have before we are able to film again. It’s been a crazy last week with the events as well as work from other classes. We’re really going to have to hunker down the next few weeks and be as efficient as we can to get caught up after this lost week. Looking ahead we are going to set up a new date to film the art class and individual sessions with the girls.

Week of Spring Break

Even though this past week was Spring Break we used the time to get some filming in. We filmed with our third and final subject, Quincy. I think the interview went well. Quincy was very articulate and open to discussing herself and her art. I feel comfortable now with asking questions in a way that is good for us in editing. We also filmed some of Quincy’s art and Taylor took some beautiful shots of her paintings up close. You can really see the texture and colors on screen and they are beautiful shots. Also this week, all three girls had a piece of their artwork showing at their school’s art show. We went before everyone got there and filmed the space and each girl’s piece. We weren’t allowed to film during the show and it honestly would have been pointless because it was a small space and there were a lot of attendees. I did take some footage on my phone during the show but we’ll have to see if it is usable. While filming, we met Mr. Lovejoy the teacher for the girls AP art class and he was very nice and interested in what we were doing. He is letting us film one of their classes and said that he would be more than happy to let us interview him about the girls. I am very excited about the possibilities of filming the class and with Mr. Lovejoy. Quincy is also in rehearsals for a play and so we are going to most likely film her at rehearsals. I think that the more we have filmed the more the project has begun to take shape and I am excited moving forward.