This morning i went into the editing suites early to put some finishing touches on our interview rushes after our unfortunate deletion indicent last week. Although we lost the video footage of our interview with Ariel we still had the… Continue Reading
In ‘Mastering Your Craft: Casting Case Studies’ documentary makers Rohan Spong, Rachel Boynton and Marshall Curry discuss their personal process of documentary making and the ethical problems that often arise.Watching this after conducting our own interview with Ariel was interesting, as… Continue Reading
Yesterday Clare and I came into the editing suites for a couple of hours to organise another shoot for the following morning and do a little editing. I concentrated on cutting the interview down to only the best bits. I… Continue Reading
This morning Clare and I went to the Queen Victoria Markets to spend some time filming at Ariel’s Sweaters Australia for our documentary. We arrived at the markets bright and early so we could interview Ariel when it wasn’t too… Continue Reading
Documentary concepts were pitched in class today and it was interesting to see how all of the ideas are progressing. Clare and I were pretty relaxed with our presentation, outlining the celebratory approach towards Ariel’s carreer as the Coogi Man… Continue Reading
PB#3: Pitch and Proposal: Proposal Document Clare & Haylee Working title: LIFE IN COLOUR Logline: A celebration of Ariel Gabizon’s 30 year long career as the ‘Coogi Man’ and his longstanding devotion to style and colour. Synopsis: The Queen Victoria… Continue Reading
The first half of class today was focused on learning more about interview techniques. In The Thin Blue Line (1988, Errol Morris) Morris asks open ended questions so the participants can answer the questions in their own time and not… Continue Reading
The second week of the studio started off today with an update on the characters mentioned last week and the formation of groups. Out of all the ideas forming I still favoured the punk/vegan idea and was put into a… Continue Reading
The documentary film To Be and to Have (Nicolas Philibert) follows the school year of a one room school in rural France, where Georges Lopez teaches 13 children ranging in ages from 4-12. Later in the film it is revealed… Continue Reading
We started off the second class of semester with an overview of aesthetic standards to make sure everyone knew how to correct the exposure, focus and white balance of the camera. Although I had learnt the basics of these before… Continue Reading