Long Take

Andre had said that everyone would enjoy the long-take class, even if it was on Saturday. I was a little bit skeptical. But, as usual, Andre was right. The long take experience was pretty fun and it re-enforced a lot of what we had already learned in previous classes. We were all worried about the weather but thank goodness it was only overcast. All bark and no bite.
The actual filmmaking was fun. I really felt that everyone contributed in their own way. For having a time constraint it was pretty much low pressure too. People would throw out ideas, and contribute themselves regularly. The other group brought like a ton of props and we used as many as we could in the long take. People volunteered themselves to do whatever. I enjoyed pelting Timmy Booth with water balloons. Matt Seltzer probably had too much fun tackling me to the ground. He likes to physically hurt me. Really, it just seemed like everyone was hanging out making a film. Which is great. Especially our group. We kinda went into the filming of it with no idea. Each person kinda decided what they wanted to do, and Cory filmed it. I think it looks like an old Buster Keaton, style comedy but just a little bit off. I was satisfied with it. Although I probably would have liked another chance to do it on film.
I enjoyed each aspect of the activities. Helping the other group block theirs, blocking our own, developing our film, and the final projection and capturing.
There was some pressure when it came to actual filming and developing; not to screw it up. I think we may have overdeveloped ours a little bit but I liked how ours came out. We underexposed it when we shot it, so we attempted to push it in the developer. It was a little nervewrecking trying to nail the development in the darkroom. I am excited to see the positive print of it in Final Cut Pro.

Ideas for 48 film race

As far as the different forms of technology creating an image I cannot think of anything that has not been covered in the email. I would like to try to use a scanner/copier or something to make images for the film.

I think it might be a cool idea to scan some of the items that I waste, as kind of an artistic form of recycling. Soda cans, water bottles, spam letters, candy and fast food wrappers. Maybe I could use them to literally tell a story. Like with a hershey wrapper. I cut out the her and have that represent a girl or something. I could have logos that work together to make her body. It could be a fairy-tale type story. I could also use the trash as a journal for my day to day life. Everyday, I drink a soda. So every 5 seconds a soda can is presented on screen. I would use a copier/ scanner for this, as well as maybe magazine transfers. I could combine the two.

I think it would be a cool idea to take an audiotrack from a famous movie like Scarface or something and mix it with the created images. Maybe different audio clips that match the daily things that I watch. The news, sportscenter, the daily show. Things that I watch because of the daily routine I have created. I'd have to find something that matched the images in a cool way, of course.