Taking the Lead

A Directors Tale

I was assigned the role of director and editor for my experimental music video. I could not be more excited because I would get to film my ideas, and edit them as I mentally build the story. Right away I had an idea for a battle balled, and the idea caught on quick. I see myself less as the  babysitter, and more as the promoter. My crew is all very talented across the board, so as director it is easy to work with there ideas because they work well with what has already been planned. I have found the biggest difficulty has been corralling the crew together. We work best as a whole, but everyone's demanding schedules challenges this notion. I would not be surprised if I found myself filming for our DP one day while our producer operates lights. That is the spirit of indie film making, no one person has just one job. When it comes to editing I plan on spending a majority of time working on the audio. Because of what our plan requires, special attention is going to be spent on blending audio tracks together. As editor it will get tricky layering two separate languages over one another. I took charge as key grip and built a set out of PVC piping for my crew. I found that I can be quite handy with tools on the fly when I need to be. My hand sewing skills also came in handy when stitching together costumes. Certain affects would not have been accomplished without the additions made possible by this skill. As director I felt it was appropriate to be present at the audio recording sessions. It was a good idea that I was, I was able to insert slight changes to the recording process to better embody the feel I was going for.

Art House too Microcinema 

The ever evolving world of movie theaters

Cinema, much as other aspects of culture in our global society come and go in waves we typically call fads. Art house cinema's may be on the decline due to over saturation of films, and a change in how we as an audience view cinema. Microcinemas was films way back into the limelight of rural America. Too many of us go to the movies purely for what is on the screen, but not the atmosphere of the theater or the aesthetic of the crowd. The annual Rocky Horror Picture Show typically played during the Halloween season is a perfect example of what it means to view a film in an art house. Fans come dressed as the characters, patrons discuss their favorite scenes, and of course tucked under their arms are all the props viewers could use to interact with the film. Truly this attitude toward a single film is what art house cinema tried to embody.