This past week has been devoted to editing! Most of what we're doing is going through what we actually have a deleting any redundancies or poor quality shots. We have a lot more footage than we anticipated, what with two separate filming sessions, each using two cameras, and we still need to get higher quality footage of the piece! We were also thinking about getting some footage of a classroom; we want to utilize a school setting to invoke the feeling of residential schools, but we may need to figure out a plan B so that we don't run out of time...
One thing we did have to rework today was the over framework of our film. We had wanted to divide the film into three parts, each part reflecting a different panel of Maynard's triptych piece, but I think we misunderstood what each panel signified. The left and right panels actually speak to very similar themes, so we decided that we could retain the tripartite structure of our film, but rather than having each section centered around a different panel of the piece, instead we would show the left and right panels shown in the second section about residential schools, and the center panel shown in the third section about education and making connections. The first section will still be about Maynard as an artist, and will exhibit other pieces of his, as well as much of the interview footage, and the footage of him working on different pieces of art.
Shawn and I have also attempted to shoot the actual piece, which has been installed in Cornett. Unfortunately, we did not anticipate how challenging it would be to obtain footage of it without seeing our own reflections in the glass... There are also bright, glaring lights and NO EXIT signs shining in the glass as well, and we tried covering them up, but with little success. We think that if we could get some kind of studio lights to flush out the reflection, we may be able to shoot the piece; otherwise, we might not be able to get any shots of the glass panel head on.
We put together a mini introduction for Andrea to look at. She seemed fairly pleased with what we had accomplished, and encouraged us to keep pushing forward. I'm really quite happy that she liked the framing of the interview shot, because we spent so many hours trying to find the perfect spot to situate Maynard, and because the pieces he brought luckily worked perfectly to form that grounding triangle. So far, I must say I'm really happy with the team that we have; we all bring something really positive and productive to the work. Amanda is especially shining in the editing department! I'm feeling quite fortunate to have such a dedicated and talented team!
One thing we did have to rework today was the over framework of our film. We had wanted to divide the film into three parts, each part reflecting a different panel of Maynard's triptych piece, but I think we misunderstood what each panel signified. The left and right panels actually speak to very similar themes, so we decided that we could retain the tripartite structure of our film, but rather than having each section centered around a different panel of the piece, instead we would show the left and right panels shown in the second section about residential schools, and the center panel shown in the third section about education and making connections. The first section will still be about Maynard as an artist, and will exhibit other pieces of his, as well as much of the interview footage, and the footage of him working on different pieces of art.
Shawn and I have also attempted to shoot the actual piece, which has been installed in Cornett. Unfortunately, we did not anticipate how challenging it would be to obtain footage of it without seeing our own reflections in the glass... There are also bright, glaring lights and NO EXIT signs shining in the glass as well, and we tried covering them up, but with little success. We think that if we could get some kind of studio lights to flush out the reflection, we may be able to shoot the piece; otherwise, we might not be able to get any shots of the glass panel head on.
We put together a mini introduction for Andrea to look at. She seemed fairly pleased with what we had accomplished, and encouraged us to keep pushing forward. I'm really quite happy that she liked the framing of the interview shot, because we spent so many hours trying to find the perfect spot to situate Maynard, and because the pieces he brought luckily worked perfectly to form that grounding triangle. So far, I must say I'm really happy with the team that we have; we all bring something really positive and productive to the work. Amanda is especially shining in the editing department! I'm feeling quite fortunate to have such a dedicated and talented team!
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