Rough Draft

Reflections on Filming and Editing

Now that I have looked at all the film I gathered and began to edit, I think that I can see my project evolving better.  While editing the film, I found that I have a lot of footage that I didnt remember taking that I can use to show the personality of my interviewee.  I feel like editing allows you to keep want you want to keep while shooting you have to get what you can get.  In my process, I think that the two stages of shooting and editing interact and play off each other.  I feel that by shooting the dance team practicing, I got ideas as to what I wanted to ask him during the interview. 

Post-Production Stage

At this point in my production, I am actually very pleased with what I have to work with to make a final project. I feel as if I chose not only a good subject to record in an action setting, but also a subject that interviewed well. Though there were things that if I was able to take more footage I would probably get. For instance I got some footage of the team in a meeting but it was so dark, I could not use it to the best of its content. I do see a few different ways that I can take this project but I think there is one that jumps out at me as the best that I will take on. Nonetheless, at this stage, I think that my video has a lot of potential to grow and be excellent.
I feel like I have all the material I need since I recorded for 3 hours. I do not feel like their is a need to go back and re shoot any of new material. However, there is some material that I took of a meeting that was a little dark that I would re shoot if I had the the chance.

Production Stage

I chose to record Hip-Notic dance team.  It is often hard to record dancing, especially when there is a lot of people like an entire team. While I was in the field, I did not know what angle to get at first.  It was as if, as soon as I walked in they began to dance, so I didn't have much time to figure it out.  Therefore, my first angle was not as good as I wanted it to be but I did get the entire team which was a plus.  After this, I decided to get on the floor in front of the mirror that they danced in front of.  By doing this, though I had to hold the camera up, I was their audience so they were always facing me.  I felt as if this was a good angle, so I then decided to get Aramie alone.  A surprise that the team gave me was when they saw me filming it was as if they were doing their best and dancing hard!

Form and Content

As of now, the only footage that I have been able to collect is the dance group actually practicing and a couple of the people interacting. I think that in this stage of development and acquiring of footage, I haven't actually seen the project come together as I would like it to in the end.  However, as I have seen in previous projects, I think that my creative side of my brain is more of a spontaneous, spur of the moment idea of how I want the final project to be, which comes to me while I am getting footage.  From there I then just add on to my project and tweak it to my liking. Even so, this time with the different stages of production, I am planning my project out a little more then before. 

Project Pre-Production

As of now, I haven't actually decided on which of the two ideas I will actually pursue for my final project.  The content on my project hasn't actually been determined so I don't know exactly how to plan my project.  Nonetheless, I do know that I would like to not only interview my person but also get footage of them doing the thing I am interviewing them about.  I'm not quite sure how I will integrate the two but I want the video to be entertaining, not just talking. 

Author's Intention

I think that the author's intention in making that film was not only to inform while entertain, but to also shed light on a lot of New York's landmarks that aren't really being appreciated.  I think that when he made this film he probably saw how all the landmarks were in New York and how they made him feel on a day to day basis.  Im not sure if he already knew all that historical information but if not he did a lot of research and development for a film that seemed as if he filmed in just a couple of hours out of a regular day.  By making the film have this appeal, I think he grasped the audience on a heart to heart level and got them interested.