Last Thursday, we had our first film session with Maynard. It went rather well, I thought! We met a few hours early to scope out our venue, which was in the Ceremonial Hall of the First Peoples House. Maynard was fine with filming in Victoria instead of his home up island, and he thought the First Peoples House would be an appropriate space in which to film him and his work. We arrived at the hall in the morning to figure out the best background and lighting situation for the interview. There was an open panel of glass running down the center of the ceiling, and this provided some good natural lighting. There were also lights set up along the walls, but when we practiced shooting, they were just too bright and distracting, so we opted to not film along the walls themselves. We chose instead to have Maynard sit along the steps with his pieces.
He arrived with several lovely pieces of art, and we formed them into a triangular set up around him, to sort of ground the image in a nice, balanced way. It was decided that I would be the primary camera person, Amanda would be the interviewer, and Shawn and Michelle would oversee the entire process and retrieve the secondary audio, as well as keep track of our schedule. We white balanced (of course!) and filmed for maybe an hour to an hour and a half. Amanda posed the prepped list of questions that we had sent Maynard the day before, and he gave very full answers to each one. He hadn't brought any actual art supplies with him, and we all thought it would be interesting to shoot him as he worked, particularly his hands and the application of colour, so he offered to return next week for another film session. We definitely lucked out; Maynard is easy-going and accommodating, plus he has the best stories (did you know that Snoop Dogg stole his beer in Vegas?!).
Overall, the session was very productive. I definitely think we got something good from the interview, and I'm excited to see what we can accomplish next week as well.
He arrived with several lovely pieces of art, and we formed them into a triangular set up around him, to sort of ground the image in a nice, balanced way. It was decided that I would be the primary camera person, Amanda would be the interviewer, and Shawn and Michelle would oversee the entire process and retrieve the secondary audio, as well as keep track of our schedule. We white balanced (of course!) and filmed for maybe an hour to an hour and a half. Amanda posed the prepped list of questions that we had sent Maynard the day before, and he gave very full answers to each one. He hadn't brought any actual art supplies with him, and we all thought it would be interesting to shoot him as he worked, particularly his hands and the application of colour, so he offered to return next week for another film session. We definitely lucked out; Maynard is easy-going and accommodating, plus he has the best stories (did you know that Snoop Dogg stole his beer in Vegas?!).
Overall, the session was very productive. I definitely think we got something good from the interview, and I'm excited to see what we can accomplish next week as well.
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