Music video shoot

I really think our shoot went quite well. Though it sort of was thrown together a little haphazardly a few days before, it actually came together. The shoot was short and productive, but more importantly, we were all functioning as a team, including the band, which was a very nice (and different) experience for me. It was really nice just to flow through the footage (probably mostly because we didn't have enough time or footage to reshoot). It was also a lot of fun just to get my hands on a really fun camera. I'd really love to work with this group and band again, and between this and the self-portrait project, I will certainly shoot on Super8 again.

Art House

This article makes me both happy and sad. I love the art house. I love the idea of small make shift micro cinemas, close-knit communities, and actual discussion of film. To be honest, it really feels like watching films in academic settings, except with more beer, better fashion, and cooler people, which is everything I love. And it really makes me sad that these are dying out. I guess, as the article suggests, its a good thing in a way, because it filters out all but the most devoted, but I do wish it was at least a little more popular. It is a struggle to find events like these, even in a apparent film city, such as Wilmington. I know Thalian has pretty regular showings, and then The Opera Room now has weekly showings thanks to Kreul, and then of course the annual Cheese Sandwich, Chips and Salsa, etc film fest, but I still wish there were more. Worse, is I seem to be in a very, very, VERY, select few in my age group that likes this kind of cinema. While these are houses still exist, it seems a majority of the viewers are older hippies that keep this sort of thing going. Very cool in its own right, but troubling for my generation in 20+ years. Will anyone still want to attend these types of events outside of metropolitan hubs? I sure hope so, and I'm going to do everything in my power to keep them going.

Music Video Ideas

So, this is a week late, so our ideas are pretty much fleshed out, but anyways: we went with D&D Sluggers, a techno/pop band that focuses mostly on nerdcore and other kinda goofy themes. We will be shooting this Saturday at settled on their song "Receipts". We've gathered a lot of sort of old worthless crap to shoot around them in a field or wooded setting and plan to gather lots of receipts as the song is about keeping receipts to return your worthless crap. Since they work with a lot of electronics they have lots of cool niche items and old computer stuff that both fits in with their band and the theme of the song. We'll be nailing out the shots tomorrow, go in on Friday, shoot as much as possible, and evaluate.

Mainstream Experimental

Nike Courage

Tour De France - Brand New Start

The Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up

Pink Floyd - Empty Spaces

Blonde Redhead - Top Ranking

Benny Benassi - Satisfaction

Enur feat. Natasja - Calabria

Beyonce - Single Ladies

Edward Sharp And The Magnetic Zeros - Home

All I got off the top of my head.

Plans for self-portrate

So, I've recently acquired two 16mm film cameras and I've always love working with actual film and been fascinated by the concepts of in camera edits. So, I my plan is to get three minutes worth of 16mm film (probably black and white, but we'll see) and start shooting. I sort of have a rough idea of certain images I want to capture, but really plan to make more of a sudo-documentary and just go crazy, shooting bits and pieces, making more of fragmented images that mesh together. After I run out of film, I'm going to try to find a means to either projected and refilm it (so as to put into final cut) or just ship it off to get transferred (but I have a feeling that will take too much time). I really plan to shoot very little of me, and take a more POV kind of perspective or style, but may occasionally have a friend take hold of the camera and document me. I'm more interested in the idea and concept of going in without a plan since, for day to day activities, I rarely have any sort of plan and feel like this would be an excellent method to properly create a self-portrate. If I have the time, I also might try a limited amount of direct film manipulation using rotoscoping, painting, etc, but probably won't get around to this. I also want to see how the footage turns out first.