Well, here is yet another talking head, sketch comedy, utter goofy film. Hopefully I can advance beyond this, and work on something a little more ambitious.
OK, that probably wont happen next. But it cant be another talking head between my family. It can't!
But,i guess my mission with this was to just keep on working on my production process. What I mean by that is just getting to a point where I know what I can do in a given amount of time. So whether it be lighting, sound, or general angles/takes per page, I just need to understand how I work, before I take on my fall semester short film (for which I am currently developing the story). I feel like that ability to understand what I can do on a technical level will allow me to organically visualize my project with confidence.
Visualization, or conceptualization, has now shown itself to be incredibly important in what i'm able to personally accomplish. When I first started this whole narrative film making thing, I never had a script or a plan. All I had was an organic idea, and it was incredibly easy to work and produce. I knew exactly where to put the camera...how the entire film was gonna flow...and what it was gonna look like. But, surprisingly, as soon as I started trying to dig deeper into why film works, both on a technical and thematic/kinetic level, that spontaneity went away. I wasn't able to visualize what I could do, as I was too concerned with what I needed to do in order to make a "good" movie.
Quite simply, I had lost the confidence and understanding that came with ignorance, and that made it very hard to have fun making stuff. And with that fun, my approval of the whole project goes away.
I guess these sketches are kinda serving as my attempt to get back to that organic necessity. I wont be using scripts...I wont be planning them. Ill just have an idea that I think is engaging, and shoot it. This is what I did for this sketch, and ill try doing either a sketch or an experimental film every week. I might not put up the film or picture or whatever, but I am really gonna try working towards being able to trust my technicality and composition, and focus on the organic process. I want to be able to play with my films. I want my films to come from my gut...not what I put on paper logically.
I am convinced that is from where my best ideas will come.
That's it:)
Well, that's not it, but 'ill talk about other points when I have a film ready that's worthy of those thoughts.
Video info: I shot it at 1030-1200 at night, focusing on exercising lighting and audio components in a timely manner. I think those aspects turned out pretty well, for the time given. Lit with a 250W Halogen for key and 100W cool Tungsten for hair. Fill was just from practicals across the room. Really like some of the results. First time using my Rode Videomic as well, and had a blast being able to edit with good audio:)
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| My 35mm I used in the sketch. It looks great:) |
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