So here's approximately 3 times the length required, only because it completes the tour and doesn't leave you hanging. Michael Nicholson of Glass Nickel Pizza in Madison gives us a quick tour of the 'magic' of the oil leaving the fryer in the kitchen and running to the basement to the fuel lab. From there it gets filtered and pumped outside to the cars, but that's for the longer cut. In the final edit I will have cutaways and close-ups of the process, as well.
EDIT: Just returned from Decatur, IL where I spent a couple days with the Wetzels getting Dave's great story. Thats to come, but just a little lesson I learned is that you always keep the camera rolling. While Dave left the room to get more photos, his wife, Eileen, suddenly began waxing poetic in some ancient muse and I got it all. No, it's nothing powerful, but touching in the sense that there was a story within the story. Click below to watch.
Ok, time for bed, again.
Jim
6 comments:
Jim, you skills are awesome. I'm suppose to make a paragraph comment for you?
Anyway, the sound is very good and so are the images taken with the DVX100, believe Steve said “the dvx100 at it's best” before. Okay, I think I'm a little used to shots of him traveling down but the edit works really well, I've mentioned awesome right? I forget him name (sadly) but he has a very good persona on screen.
Jim, keep up the good work! And thanks for the pizza!
I have to agree with everyone else when they state that you know what your freakin doing in terms of the technical side and making it look very professional. With that being said i would, and i hate saying this, but experimental in your shots. And for all i know you probably have, but once you establish your surrounding and the people interviewed you should try to capture more of the quirkyness of your subjects. I think it would add alot since your topic is sort of out of the social norm, you should really pick them apart in away that shows what kind of people they are. But all in all you show an amazing technical grace and thanks again for the za!!!!
Thanks guys. Yeah, with these being straight and unedited it's hard to really get an idea for the actual project. I understand the experimenting desire, but too experimental isn't my style, especially when it comes to this documentary. I do think when I add the cutaways and the actual interview it will make sense.
This is really really great footage of an interview. It looks amazing...but with that said, we are following a subject who is explaining something...and we don't get really any idea of what he is showing us. I don't know if that is because you just didn't include those shots in this clip, or because you were more focused on getting footage of him. I feel like you need to show more of the things being explained. Listening to a description of what goes on is all fine and great, but this medium allows you to go further, and i really wanted to see the "liquid gold".
Nice shooting as usual. You should be giving a class on how to do manage the sound and camera. As I've said ad nauseum already, I would still encourage you to look for the eccentric and controversial in this story. The Illinois angle sounds good, but keep pushing in interesting places if you can. Your enthusiasm for this cause is good, but you need to make this compelling for people who do not care. You want it to be more than an infomercial or local news story. Regardless, your project will be really good, but please keep your eyes open despite your limited time. You could find something to make it extraordinary.
Thanks again, all. Ciarra, as I mentioned this was an unedited clip. I have yummy footage of that "liquid gold" and some cutaways of his hands and the filters and pipes, so all will be better explained. It won't be just him.
Todd, I just got the contact info for the IL folks, so that's exciting. Pursuing the 'lawbreakers' is a definite angle, I'm just unaware of how to approach that without using silhouettes and deepening their voices. To be honest, I think Mr. Wetzel's story is interesting enough that he could easily represent the 'lawbreaker' side of my piece.
And if you all think my camera work is just that, I'm ALWAYS willing to show what I do, but not saying it's the best. It's just how I wanted to dial in my settings. Just ask.
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