The Saturday Shoot

Saturday’s shoot with the Bolex 16mm camera was an interesting experience. First of all, I have never had to go to class on a Saturday in my entire life, but since this was for a film class it was ok by me. When I arrived, everyone was standing underneath a tree by Hoggard Hall and it was raining. Everyone who was helping our group out was in costume -pretty outrageous costumes I tell ya-, and there was also a prop penguin. So, I just want to say thanks to Joselyn for bringing all that stuff because it added that finishing touch to the mise en scene. And also a big thanks for choreographing the dances. I wish we could have done the entire swing routine we had come up with, which brings me to the fact that we were jipped on the time constraint. Someone told our group that we only had 26 seconds to film and then someone else said that we had 56 seconds. We ended up filming 26 seconds while other groups filmed 56, which really pisses me off. Afterwards, while we were developing the film, everyone was a little worried that the footage was not going to come out well either, that it might be over exposed, but when I saw it projected I was like phewwww. It was fine. Now, when I edit the footage next week, I might be able to make up for the short time by adding slowmo, or reversing the footage as Andre suggested. Regardless, I still love the footage that we filmed even if it might be a little short. Just as important is the fact that I had fun doing it. The adreline rush that day was great, and sometimes creative juices flow faster when you know that you have a time limit, not to mention being at odds with mother nature as well. I loved the choreography ,and the camera movement was great. Sometimes its amazing what you can fit into one long take.