I've been very busy this week. I've been spending quite a bit of time watching through episodes of Nathan Barley, trying to watch it with a different approach to just sitting back and enjoying the comedy of the show, I've been looking at every single shot used and actually tried to think about why they used it, what effect it had, what about the shot contributed to the effect it had (lighting, positioning, focus, costume, characters, dialogue etc..) and I've found it to be an unbelievably useful experience, and I kind of feel like a switch has been turned on almost. When lectures always told us to watch as many films and things as we could, I couldn't so much see how that would be as useful as just getting out there with a camera and doing it, but I've never approached watching anything like this. I'm really enjoying it anyway, and I already feel bettered as a film maker for it.
I've also recently purchased a blackberry (well, got a contract) after talking to a few people about it, it seemed like a really good deal. It's so, so useful. I am not a brilliantly organized person, but with this I find it so easy. I can just pen ideas down, appointments, things I have to do, and it reminds me in time for everything. I've not been late for anything once this week, which is pretty much unheard of for me. Anyway, it's great.
On Sunday I took part in the documentation of the rundance festival in Nottingham.
http://www.rundance.org/
Rundance is an anual event I believe was created a few years back by 'Usha M' and 'Penny A', two artists based in Nottingham who desired to inject a little spontineity into Nottingham, to 'tickle its streets'. They get together and, with the help of two technitians providing sound for the day (through the use of a pedal generated sound system. They built it themselves, they were very smart guys, I managed to talk to them for a bit over a pizza) just dance however they like, for ten minutes, in ten different locations. They did a little promotion prior to the event, however most of the public participation came from just people seeing what was going on and wanting to get involved.
It was a lot of fun, but a long day. We started filming at 10am and I finished at 10 at night. I feel I managed to get quite a bit of decent footage (beforehand we met up with the team to discuss what sort of footage they want, as they have a film maker who will be putting together the edit) and some interesting, quite creative stuff as well.
Near the end of the day I got talking with two people who are from pcm creative who were documenting the event, and they told me about a fashion show they will be doing called We Love Hockleys, and asked if I would like to come along and provide coverage of the event, which I obviously said 'what are you kidding me of course'.
Some other projects I'm getting involved in include The Bunker which is a gaming event with some americans coming over I think to see who is the best at playing lame console games (although I think they might play some real games at some point)
and game city
http://www.gamecity.org/
I've put myself down to be a steward of the event, but I'm really hoping to provide some coverage. If you can't already tell, I am a big fan of models and computer games.
I've also recently purchased a blackberry (well, got a contract) after talking to a few people about it, it seemed like a really good deal. It's so, so useful. I am not a brilliantly organized person, but with this I find it so easy. I can just pen ideas down, appointments, things I have to do, and it reminds me in time for everything. I've not been late for anything once this week, which is pretty much unheard of for me. Anyway, it's great.
On Sunday I took part in the documentation of the rundance festival in Nottingham.
http://www.rundance.org/
Rundance is an anual event I believe was created a few years back by 'Usha M' and 'Penny A', two artists based in Nottingham who desired to inject a little spontineity into Nottingham, to 'tickle its streets'. They get together and, with the help of two technitians providing sound for the day (through the use of a pedal generated sound system. They built it themselves, they were very smart guys, I managed to talk to them for a bit over a pizza) just dance however they like, for ten minutes, in ten different locations. They did a little promotion prior to the event, however most of the public participation came from just people seeing what was going on and wanting to get involved.
It was a lot of fun, but a long day. We started filming at 10am and I finished at 10 at night. I feel I managed to get quite a bit of decent footage (beforehand we met up with the team to discuss what sort of footage they want, as they have a film maker who will be putting together the edit) and some interesting, quite creative stuff as well.
Near the end of the day I got talking with two people who are from pcm creative who were documenting the event, and they told me about a fashion show they will be doing called We Love Hockleys, and asked if I would like to come along and provide coverage of the event, which I obviously said 'what are you kidding me of course'.
Some other projects I'm getting involved in include The Bunker which is a gaming event with some americans coming over I think to see who is the best at playing lame console games (although I think they might play some real games at some point)
an update from jag about bunker launch from Philip Campbell on Vimeo.
and game city
http://www.gamecity.org/
I've put myself down to be a steward of the event, but I'm really hoping to provide some coverage. If you can't already tell, I am a big fan of models and computer games.
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