We visited a Saberfit Club meeting on Monday night to shoot our Vox-pops and B-roll. We decided to include B-roll of the club practices in the background of our Vox-pops to give it some playful movement. I’m glad that our director chose to go with a shallow depth of field for these vox-pops, so that the lightsabers almost created bokeh in the background of these shots. We interviewed club members as our population, and they provided quality material I’m sure we will not struggle to use in the editing lab. As producer, I got all of the talent release forms signed as well as coordinating the checkout of equipment and returning it on time. I’m gaining confidence in handling forms and I scanned them to my google drive so I’m positive about the organization of them. It was interesting to watch the Saberfit practice - I didn’t expect their lightsabers to actually light up, so it was fun to watch, especially outside at night, where they look even more luminous.
I was really interested in seeing a lot of the films playing at Cucalorus - particularly ones like Princess Cyd, Mr. Roosevelt, Porcupine Lake , and Life as Zucchini . Unfortunately I found the process of attending them very difficult. While being significantly outside of the price range I have to spare every month, when I did indeed hand over the amount required to buy tickets on the first floor of Thalian - as soon as I made it to the second floor I was told that the theater was filled to its fire safety capacity and I wouldn’t be allowed in. I understand that fire codes must be respected and they’re doing their job to ensure the safety of everyone in the theater, but I have to admit it was disappointing to have to walk back downstairs and drive all the way home, having lost the gas to get there and back, and having to miss out on the plans I refused in order to go to the festival without actually getting to see the film. The first time this happened I just resolved to go the next d...
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