Guess who has been one busy little bee and hasn't been able to update you on the going ons. If you guessed Edrei, then you are correct! When we last left off, I was so excited to have my first go at cinematography that I was practically bursting at the seams. I would like to tell you that my first experience was everything that I had dreamed it would be, and more; but alas, I cannot.
I was all set to be the Director of Photography (DP), on my classmate's film. I woke up early Friday morning and was at her apartment by 8:00 AM. She explained her scene to me and then I followed the actors with the camera. Everything seemed great...excluding the weight of the camera. I was filming with the Arriflex S, and that thing was like a tank. So heavy! I was sore the next day, but that's getting away from the story. So everything was planned out. I knew what I was supposed to be capturing on film, and I was ready. We started rolling, and about 30 seconds in, my right eye began to fail me. I had my left eye closed, but I was unable to make out the images through the lens. It was as if my eye had become exhausted and just gave up. So after she called "cut", I had to explain to her that I wasn't sure what I'd captured, because I wasn't able to see. She was very patient and seemingly understanding. So we tried again. And I'll be darned if the same thing didn't happen! I felt so terrible!!! All I wanted was to do a good job, and here, I'd single handedly ruined my classmate's film. The best way for me to explain it would be that as the film runs through, it's blinking at 24 frames per second. This blinking caused my eye to blink. With all of the blinking going on, it was impossible for my eye to focus on a person, because the film was throwing it off. It was ridiculous.
The next day, Saturday, I got to get up bright and early to go film at Universal Studios. We filmed on the same lot where they filmed Back to the Future. It was amazing! The whole time, I kept thinking, "I'm on the Back to the Future lot. Wow." I was the director of my first project. It was a guy who stumbled and dropped a bunch of things, and a woman approaches to help him pick the stuff up. The guy immediately falls in love, only to discover the woman is wearing an engagement ring. I don't know y'all; I may be a natural at the directing thing. I absolutely loved it. I was completely in my element.
On Sunday, I directed another film in my apartment. You guys didn't believe me when I said I have school seven days a week. And the teachers weren't playing when they called this first semester boot camp. Any way, I directed a project in my place yesterday. It was so perfect! I say this, but I haven't seen any of the footage. But in my mind, my actor was spot on, so I'm super hopeful.
Today, I had my first editing class, and then I was thrown into editing my project from Saturday. Yeah. It's hands on. You learn by doing. I'm a firm believer in that. Guess who is an editing mastermind! You guessed it: me! I love editing. I put my little movie together from the other day and it seems alright. Sure, it's not my best work; the Fish Tank was pretty great, but I didn't direct or edit that. I directed and edited this. I was at school from 8 AM to 10 PM today, and I didn't even mind. That let's me know something. I'm so freaking excited about all of the stuff that I'm learning!!!!
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