You going to hear the cuts in this episode. I recorded this
podcast from Logan Airport in Boston, waiting for my plane to Las Vegas. Lots
of background noise. There just doesn't seem to be quiet rooms at this airport. I
thought the Men's room would be a little obvious. I'm also editing in Adobe
Audition instead of Soundtrack pro and Garageband, so the production values are
going to suffer from my limited experience with that program. I think it's
quite the capable piece of software, I'm just unfamiliar with it.
We watched the first 15 minutes of an excellent documentary
called Children Underground, by Edet Belzberg about the lives of a group of children who live in
the subways of Bucharest Roumania. From that we took a number of lessons about
shooting cinema verite with a handheld camera.
The assignment for the class was to take multiple shots of
an individual working at a computer. All different angles and perspectives,
from above, over the shoulder, in front, close-ups of hands on keyboards and
mouse, the monitor, the desk, etc. It was all about coverage, getting every
shot you could need to demonstrate the detailed actions of someone working on a
computer, probably with the intention of using it as B-roll for a voice-over,
or over dubbed interview. Shooting handheld for even 15 minutes is very
fatiguing.
We didn't get time to look at the video, but we did discuss
our experiences while we were waiting for everyone to get back. In the next
week we'll review them and take on another assignment.
In the meantime I'm still waiting for the plane. Heavy winds in Nevada they say.
