thoughts on project 3

so the music video was definitely really fun to shoot. that was my first time actually working with super 8, and i'm excited to see how the footage turns out. working with a group of five, it's very hard to coordinate schedules to meet up to brainstorm, much less shoot... especially when rain becomes a factor (can't shoot super 8 on a cloudy, dark day) and an unnamed person messes up and gives your light meter out to somebody else. but, despite all of this, we worked around it, re-arranged, and got it all done. everybody made themselves available, and showed up ready and excited to work. huge holler out to dylan and jamie for letting us (taylor and joselyn and i) dress them up in the most ridiculous possible costumes ever. but, they did it with grace.

on the organization of the project: while i understand the motives of assigning positions, come time to shoot, it still kind of ends up being a free for all, and you just kind of go with the flow and do what needs to be done. (for instance, our gaffer and our director were also the actors). but it worked out well, because when it comes to covering a car in tinfoil, you need all the help you can get.

on planning: so we had this idea, see... and then, well, ... then it all got screwed up. (rain, time availability, otherwise) but it's totally cool, because come time to shoot (we did two separate shoots, one day, one night) we kind of let the 'story' create itself. so saturday night, we shot what we were capable of, and then come sunday, we kind of created the beginning of the story based on the ending, and it worked out great.

on being a producer: i thought it was pretty cool. i mean, beyond wanting to make movies, i'm really proficient at organizing, so the role kind of fit me. plus, it's not like i wasn't able to have a hand in the creativity at all... so all in all, i liked the job.

on the crew: great great great. joselyn is full of the most insanely great ideas... plus, she's not just theory, theres a good action balance. (i actually couldn't believe it when she showed me the diarama). thoroughly enjoy her excitement for creation. taylor (whom i've worked with... 3 times now?) still all great. hard worker, go with the flow kind of attitude, and ready to tackle whatever is next. her energy is really nice to have around. jamie is a trip. hilarious. and certainly helped come up with some great ideas. and dylan... well... dylan is just one cool motherfucker. always down for whatever, and super chill... i've had a few classes with him before, but never really gotten to know him, so it was good to be able to work with him on a project like this.

so i guess we'll see in two weeks time what we got out of it all, but regardless, it sure was fun...