movie magic
Making the film was defiantly enjoyable. It made me want to do more films. The experience of filming is a unique one, it is a pairing down of life more like carving than painting or drawing. The whole process is a delineation of sequence, what do you keep out of the movie so the viewers attention is brought in. Also the ability to control point of view is a very strong narrative tool. When you observe a scene naturally you are fixed with your perspective, which you then get to forget about because of its consistency. When you are watching a film you are watching a watching and through personal transference you come to believe things you wouldn’t normally believe. This happens because the scene is from a psychologically different point of view, which gives it credence of existence but allows for extrapolation. The notion of time also becomes very explicit and you get to see how and why are brains fit things (that aren’t necessarily linear) into linear thought patterns, how we sit and explain the movies to ourselves. I also worked with a great group who had a good sense of humor and “a by any means possible” attitude which was great. The editing side is also a lot of fun but technical difficulties suck. Overall it really made me want to do more films, and to focus especially on sequencing and shared time.