Bad Dreams

My group was pretty ahead of the curve with getting our filming out of the way, we've been done a week. Which is great, because I know we're all busy. I think we all worked really well together, everyone was a team player, and I think it's partially due to the community we've built in our class. We all have an idea of each other's strengths and exploit those, as they should be.

Because everything has basically gone digital today, film has become this whole new beast for me. Probably because it's still really unfamiliar. It's strange though, I don't own a digital still camera, so you wouldn't think moving film would intimidate me that much. Because I knew it costs so much for purchasing, processing, and transferring, I really didn't want to fuck up. Being the DP was kind of scary for me and I really hope everything turns out well. I was really paranoid a few days after the shoot and I kept on dreaming that none of the film came out.

I had this idea at the last minute to check out one of the Pentax cameras, to maybe use a supplemental footage, mix different genres. Because we were co-directors I thought it'd be cool to have Sheledy shoot from that camera, and me from the Super 8.

Things I'm really excited to see:

1) the super-8 film

2) the stills

3) I used the slow-motion feature on the Bauer a couple times (shoots at 40 fps)

4) the final product

Special thanks to Will for helping us out and owning a fucking cool furry hat.