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11.29.2004 at 11:47 AM
Dan said :
“Cool, can't wait to get home and view these (no Quicktime on the work computer). Focus puller (actually f/stop puller) is the only experience I ever had with a motion picture camera.”
11.29.2004 at 05:52 PM
ron said :
“I prefer the "Mafuggin" as a filmmaking device. Which is a specific type of Mcguffin, where the characters are constantly trying to dispose of or eleviate the condition caused by the device.
In Lord of the Rings, there is mafuggin ring.
In Carrie, there is mafuggin zombie car.
In Breakfast Club there is mafuggin teen angst.
And so on...”
12.01.2004 at 04:17 PM
Dan said :
“I liked #1 the best - I've always favored a motionless camera with things moving within the frame. The very subtle motion of the plant(s) in the foreground against the motionless, rusty hulk in the background speaks of life & death. Setting it at twilight adds to that mood, making it a transcendental image!
(Is that pretentious enough for film/art school?)
#2 reminded me of my f/stop pulling experience. It was a sunset pan from a river bottom up to the sun on the horizon. I had to adjust the apature as the shot approached the sun so as not to blow out the exposure. We got three takes before the sun went down, I never got it just right (I could not monitor the effects of my 'stopping down' as the DP was at the eyepiece, so I never got the pace right) but we used one of the shots anyway.”
12.03.2004 at 05:40 PM
Clint said :
“Not really a reaction, but I'm searching for DAN - Kris' dad. Athena and I will have the lovely opportunity to be in Nacodoches, TX on Saturday December 18th for the SFA graduation and want to see if Dan is up for dinner. Send me an email at clint-alexander@utulsa.edu”
12.03.2004 at 07:33 PM
Dan said :
“Cool, (I'm the Dan on this site) I'll send you an email!”
12.04.2004 at 04:07 PM
athena said :
“THE DAN!!! :)”
12.04.2004 at 06:05 PM
ron said :
“The Dan is here! Amongst us!!”
12.04.2004 at 11:34 PM
tim said :
“in the hizzle. ”
01.10.2005 at 02:21 AM
Ron said :
“So....uh...then what happened?”
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Scraping perilously close to the bottom of the barrel, i am now offering you a glimpse of not ONE but TWO clips of my schoolwork from way back in the Spring of 2004.
These lovely gems were the very first things I ever shot on motion picture film, as part of my first exercise for Cinematography with Professor Michael Hofstein. Some of you were here when I went out on my day-long journey with 3 other filmmakers as we got our feet wet with a 16mm Aaton camera and 400 feet of film (literally- we shot a lot that day in a bog).
Though it doesn't look like much, these snippets represent an important threshhold in my education as a filmmaker. That day was gruelling, entertaining, hectic, tragic, confusing, itchy, amazing, and uplifting. I truly began to appreciate some of the magic that people associate with film- the visceral, mechanical, physical sensaions... loading magazines, measuring focus, changing lenses, preparing slates, downloading film.... it was all quite exhilirating.
I'm not about to abandon my pro-digital stance, nor my plans to make complete HD production the Mcguffin for my thesis, but I do have a greater appreciation for where some part of the magic of cinema comes from.
