Week 14

This week has been busy for me. Thursday I filmed the girl’s class and interviewed their art teacher, Mr. Lovejoy. Ryne Seals and Naomi Montes had to help me because Taylor and Kelly had class and it was the only day we would be able to film with the class before the rough cut was due. It was probably the smoothest day of filming we’ve had. Mr. Lovejoy was great, I think we got some good shots, and Naomi and Ryne were great to work with. As soon as I got back home from filming, I edited Mr. Lovejoy’s interview with shots from the class. Friday I spent all day editing, and after a day off on Saturday, I continued to edit Sunday. I was supposed to met with Kelly to work on sound but we had to push that back to Monday. I’m going to try and work on it myself so we don’t leave it too late, which unfortunately has been a common occurrence this semester. 

Looking ahead, I’d like to fix our sound issues (just a couple of spots here and there but we might have to find someone who knows more about sound than we do), and making opening and ending credit sequences (I’d also like to have someone to help with this if possible so it could be as awesome as possible). The last few days and over the next week or so I have been and will continue to work as much as I can to make the final film as good as it can be. 

Week 13

This past week we met up with all three girls and filmed them together rollerskating. Rollerskating was their idea and I think it turned out really well. I can picture where I’m going to want to put it in the film and believe it will be a positive addition. After filming with them, we went to Quincy’s and filmed her interview again. The composition is different this time, as we filmed her in her room. It will be interesting to see how it fits in with the other girls interviews. The interview didn’t take too long since we knew what questions we wanted to ask her so they’d fit in with the footage from the other girls. We also filmed her journals and a few new pieces of artwork. On Tuesday of this week, we went back to Natalie’s and asked her a few more questions mainly about the other girls so we’d have all of them talking about one another. We also filmed her doing art and got some good shots. Hopefully we’ll get the other girls to do the same. Looking ahead we’ll be filming their class at school on Thursday and interviewing their teacher which I think will make a nice addition as well. Taylor and Kelly both have class and it’s the last chance we have to film the class so I’ll be having Naomi and Ryne Seals helping me out. After Thursday it will be a wrap on filming and be all about editing, editing, and more editing. 

Visions Response

Since I worked on Visions I was busy with everything that I had to do on the day. Since I had already seen all of the films and read all of the papers prior to the day, I wanted to have a full experience of working for a film festival on the day. The only block I attended was the keynote, which I moderated. Kiva was amazing and I thoroughly enjoyed her speech and the q&a that followed. It was a stressful situation being a moderator and I’m not sure that I did as good of a job as I could but I’m glad that I did it. It was a new experience for me and Kiva was great. 

The Visions weekend was amazing. Thursday I picked up Caroline, Leah and Kiva with Maddi and we took them to the hotel to relax. About an hour before our Thursday night dinner I picked up Caroline and Leah and took them to Wrightsville Beach. At the dinner I got to talk to them a bit and they were super cool girls. Friday morning I picked up people from the hotel and took them to campus. The day of the event I stayed as busy as I could. I moderated the keynote, set up video race, had the video race and screened the videos and then had a short break before helping set up dinner and the after party. The entire day was amazing. I think it went smoothly and everyone seemed to have a great time. It was great to see all of our hard work come together for a great event. 

Week 12

Earlier this past week we filmed with Sara, reshooting her interview to clear up any technical issues as well as filming her drawing at her desk. We weren't there too long, just enough to get what we needed to move forward. I feel that we need to have a discussion as a group about the approach moving forward. We've gone into each of the girl's homes and interviewed them and filmed their art. We still need to have Quincy physically doing art. In our weekly meeting Monday night I am going to start a conversation about new approaches. I like the idea posed to us during class about giving the girls a camera and them filming themselves making art. I also have an image in my mind of them getting ready, documenting the process that a young girl goes through in presenting themselves. Hopefully the conversation will allow for some more brainstorming of ideas to try out. For the latter part of the week the documentary had to take a backseat because Taylor and I were working on Visions. Now that the festival has passed we can look forward to putting all of our focus on the project. I look forward to the next month and the direction that the film will take.


Questions for Bob Hawk:

1. Is there one specific thing that jumps out at you and grabs your attention when reading a script?
2. How many pages of a script do you read before deciding whether it is worth continuing or not.
3. What made you decide to pursue a career in consulting for filmmakers?