I’ve never liked collaborative work for uni projects. I’m either the one who does everything or the one who does nothing and I don’t like being either. This project I actually enjoyed being part of though because it was an… Continue Reading
Turn the camera off at the request of the participant (Rachel Boynton, DOC NYC, 2018). Show the participant the finished film before the public (Rachel Boynton, DOC NYC, 2018). Love the people that you film. (Rachel Boynton, DOC NYC, 2018).… Continue Reading
Write about what you want from this studio. What do you think this studio is? Outline your goals and desires. Consider the Studio Prompt, Brief and Aims from the course description (minimum 300 words). Real to Reel looks like an interesting opportunity… Continue Reading
This week we had Amiel Courtin-Wilson come into class on Tuesday to talk to us about documentaries and his production process and experience. Here’s an example of his work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtVbzRykJIo He has a very hands on and lengthy approach to doco… Continue Reading
Video Essay Last week we had to present our first assessment task for our studio which was to make a video essay. A video essay is essentially a film encompassing all your thoughts and ideas about a particular concept and… Continue Reading
This week on Thursday we had a session working with camera equipment and sound equipment. I’d used the the sound recording equipment before but not that particular camera although it was pretty similar to ones I had. It was good… Continue Reading
Making My Essay Film Making the essay film was a complicated and unenjoyable experience. I think this largely comes from not entirely understanding the concept behind the essay film, try as a I might, and not particularly connecting to my… Continue Reading
I’ve come up with two concepts OpShop Culture Exploring the growing culture among youth of buying from OpShops. Looking at the benefits and appeal of purchasing clothes and other items at OpShops as well as the sustainability of recycling items.… Continue Reading
During the second class of the previous week we went out to do vox pops, collecting potential material for our documentary idea. As I still haven’t come up with and idea I’d like to pursue this wasn’t a particularly productive… Continue Reading
The beginning of this studio had us considering documentary as well as participation within documentary. We formulated ideas on what we potentially wanted to produce a doco on. I had 0 ideas. The kind of idea I want to avoid:… Continue Reading