Music Video Producer/Costumes/Makeup

For the music video assignment I have been assigned the roles of producer, costume designer, and makeup artist. As far as being a costume designer and makeup artist I am not surprised people recommended me for the job seeing as how I have a background in studio art and how I have done the roles before on other projects. However I have never done the role of producer. As I have heard, producers are the ones that secure the shooting location, determine the budget, helps set up the shoot schedule, and overall talks to the crew to decide what works best for everyone. It seems to be a very logistical position, one of which I believe I will feel comfortable in once I get the hang of it. Personally, I like to follow things by a guide and get everything completed on time. Timing to me is extremely important and I can't stand for something to be late. Most of the time I am usually well organized with multiple calendars filled with events. As producer, I will be able to set up a schedule that will accommodate most everyones needs. A problem that has occurred too often among my previous projects. I would also like to make sure that we have everything we need in terms of props, costumes, and other equipment. This will deal quite a bit with budgeting and seeing how we are all broke college students, the budget will have to be on the lower side. This however, does not mean we can't be creative and come up with a better solution.

Art House

One thing that I have always loved is experiencing a film with a small group of friends. It is something I value, similar to how the author says that there is a cultural value to microcinema. Microcinema, is in my mind similar to tradition because sure you may not get to see or experience them all the time but it is something to keep alive and to share with other people. It's kind of like saying that every film student has seen Citizen Kane due to the fact that it is a classic. Microcinema is a classic tradition that I think should stay alive.

Assignment 1c

While I have shot on film before, this was a different experience. I'm use to working with my mother's Minolta Maxxum and neither of us had use for a light meter. I have also taken a photography course a couple of summers ago through Hoggard High School where we got to process our own film in their darkroom. The class was a great way for me to further my abilities but yet again we did not work with light meters. I think that if the course would have been over a longer period of time then we could have explored the idea of light meters rather than just the film itself. I loved working with the Pentax once I got a feel for the camera and for the light meter. I believe that I have a Pentax somewhere at home that I was given as a gift from a teacher and have been wanting to use that and the Holga she gave me for some time. After working on this project I have had the inspiration to want to go buy some film and once the weather has let up go and explore with those cameras. I think that I feel the same way about film that my mother did. Where film is a unique process and it gives you a surreal experience. The only thing I hope to work with one day is shooting a film on film stock. I have worked on destroying film stock in the 6x1 class but I feel that if your actually shooting something on that camera there will be another feeling or experience that is different to everything else that I have mentioned above. Overall, working on this project and shooting with the film was a great way to explore and expand my creativity and has given me more ideas for the future.