In class today I had the opportunity to show some of the footage I had gathered to my class mates to get their feedback both on the clips I had taken and my vision of my film as a whole. Mike, our supervisor, suggested we pose some questions to do with the issues or insight... Continue Reading →
I began the editing process this week. Although technically I am very comfortable with all aspects of editing the film, the issues I am having are actually deciding how to edit the film to portray what I had originally envisioned. With all the footage I have there are several different films I could make. To... Continue Reading →
I began filming for my project this past week. On the Thursday I spent 13 hours in the library with one of my participants filming segments of B-roll style footage of their days to be played under and around the interviews I will be doing with my participants. As this participant, James, does his work... Continue Reading →
In class this week we were looking at the basic cinematographic rules that one may consider while filming. We looked at aspects such as composition, point of view, and building personality and empathy for the participants into the images we create in filming. We were tasked with an exercise that involved shooting 12 four second... Continue Reading →
Michael Rabiger has written about creating films which we have been drawing upon this week. What I have personally taken most from his work is intentionality in film making. It is one thing to create a visually aesthetic film that is beautifully edited. It is another to fully engage with every aspect of the film,... Continue Reading →
The creation of the symbolic camera was an exercise in the exploration of our relationship with visual anthropology and the use of cameras in relations to our person and history. I have also used this opportunity to explore some of the themes and ideas that we may want to develop for our visual anthropology film. As... Continue Reading →
Visualising Travel 