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I don't think interviews are my thing...
Before I get all discouraged on the project lets talk about all the things I liked about it! 1. I interviewed Yashna, and she was very nice. She didn't get annoyed when I repeated questions or asked her for old photos and videos of her. She was a bit camera shy when I filmed the B-roll of her dancing and looked at the camera a lot but she always had a smile on her face and it made the whole experience that much better. It also helped that I am in the Bollywood Dance Club and she's the club president. I hope in the future I get to interview other nice and well meaning people but I know that's not always going to be the case. So I'm going to be grateful that I practiced the interview process with her 2. I was very happy to do a video about this club. I'm a bit bias because I am a member but I really think it is one of the best clubs in the school. The members are so nice and kind to everyone and it is open to anyone who wants to dance. As Yashna said in the interview you don't have to have dance experience to become a member just an excitement to learn. I'm so glad I got to share this clubs story even if I think I didnt do it justice. 3. I'm glad I got to practice the interview process because I really need it and sometimes in life you have to practice things you're not good at to get better. I really wish I could be magically perfect at this technique style because it would make my whole life a lot easier and less stressful. Now to the things I'm not happy with 1. literally everything else. Ok, maybe I'm being a bit dramatic but I'm coming the the conclusion that I'm not good at filming interviews. I can follow the instructions and format the questions in the right way but they never say what I think they are going to. Yes, that's the point of interviews but it's so difficult planning a project around b-roll you don't have because you never know what they are really going to say. 2. It has also been made apparent that I am dreadfully awful with technology. I think I need to read a book on computers and hard drives and what exactly is a tera bit before my next project because I honestly need all the help I can get. 3. I think I get caught up in my head with a vision on how I think they should look and when it doesn't look that way I get throw off course. I wish I was able to show people what exactly I want my videos to look like and turn that in for my project. But sadly that technology (unlike the evil laptop storage) does not exist yet so I must make do Now that I'm done complaining heres what I'm going to do about it I have decided that I'm going to start from the beginning. I have been trying so hard to create projects that I think I need to go to the basics and create a bunch of very very small projects to get back in the creative groove. I am aware that I said "creative" three times in that sentence but that should be the clue that I am all out of ideas. All I know is that I need to figure it out soon and I think starting fresh after thanksgiving break will help me get ready for this next show. If you want to see Yashna and this amazing club check out my BLOG post :)
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