This weeks classes were missed due to filming opportunities. On Monday, I drove Serena, Fiona, Dusty and I to Werribee in order to interview Serena’s artist, Megan Evans.
Megan was endlessly interesting, and the interview flowed really well. Serena obviously did a great job at laying out her interview questions. Megan’s studio provided beautiful back lighting from a massive circular window. It was an incredible source of light and an amazing back drop, which made Serena’s footage look stunning.
During the interview, I operated the Canon 5D MKII whilst Dusty operated my Canon 6D. Serena was conducting the interview and monitoring the sound. Fiona set up the lights and assisted in laying out the scene. We all worked cohesively and very quickly. We were able to problem solve effectively together, which is rare in group situations.
The interview content was fascinating. I was extremely captivated by Megan’s ability to articulate her ideas with such fluency. Her artwork has a sense of duality about it, and I understood that to reflect the duality in her life; her colonial heritage interacting with her contemporary self. Her work has an eerie sense of sadness, beauty amongst decay, and personal message.
Afterwards, I dropped everyone back off at uni in order to data dump, so Serena could begin her editing.
On Wednesday, I took time to organise a filming date with Robbie. He told me he was free the following Friday (30th of September) and suggested we found a site to film at. Robbie’s attitude was really refreshing for me. I had began to envision this process as being quite daunting, due to my previous experiences with other artists.
After some pondering about where we could possibly film. Robbie said he had was going to check out a potential future project out in Ballarat, he suggested we filmed there and I jumped at the opportunity. Later that week I hired out a Sony x200, a Zoom H4N, Radio Microphones, a Canon 5DMKII, 2 tripods, 3 LED light panels in order to be prepared for anything the following week.