My experience during the Bolex Camera shoot on Saturday was not only an
extremely important learning experience for myself, but the entire class period
was an incredible amount of fun. The fact that we had such beautiful weather
for the shoot was terrific for filming and made our environment both extremely
beautiful and comfortable. Watching other groups work on their project was not
only extremely enjoyable, but allowed us to have a better sense for when we
eventually got the Bolex camera. Something that I thoroughly enjoyed seeing was
the major collaboration and volunteering from the class as a whole for my
group’s long take. Not only did this make our final project better, but it allowed
for new thoughts and ideas to enter our discussion about the concept. Several
days after that Saturday shoot, I realized that the energy and enthusiasm from
that day stemmed from the fact that everyone was having so much fun. It’s rare
to be involved in a project for a class and everyone is genuinely happy to be
there. That was definitely a big highlight of the day and for the semester in
general. I also really enjoyed tackling different conflicts or creative
decisions due to the broad spectrum of ideas that were being presented. Making
these on the spot decisions really added to the excitement because we were
watching our concept slowly morph throughout the creation process. Finally,
after all the fake blood and dead body placement had finished, we filmed our
Bolex one shot project and I couldn’t have been happier about the results.
