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?

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.