Last One

This class has given me a better perspective of experimental filmmaking.  In the beginning, I did not seem to care for it too much but after taking this class I have a better liking and appreciation for experimental film.  The projects for the class were extremely fun and unique.  I especially feel that the sound projects helped me learn a lot.  I find myself paying more attention to the different little sounds that I hear everyday.  With my self-portrait, I was glad that I was able to share a part of myself with the class that not many get to see unless they know me very well.  I would also love to get my hands on a Super 8 now.  I absolutely love the special way things look on film. 

Film Festivals

I was really glad that we took the time to learn the best way to enter our films into film festivals.  Learning the common faq that you may have to answer once your film is shown at a festival was extremely helpful.  I never would have even thought about being prepared for stuff like that, I would've completely overlooked it.  Even though I hate math I thought it was a good thing that we went over how to budget entering for film festivals.  I feel like after last class, I would be a lot more comfortable entering a film into a festival since I am now more aware of what to expect.  Getting information from a total of 16 film festivals was also really convenient.  How cool is it that we can look into at least 16 different festivals very conveniently provided for us?

Good Stuff

Attending Cucalorus was a lot of fun!  I am really glad that I got a few opportunites to go even though I did not get to see as many screenings as I wanted to.  Dolphin Glide was such a pretty documentary.  I loved how the guy made his own boat and equipment to get some really neat shots underwater.   I attended more of the workshops than anything.  My favorite workshop was Cameras and Cranes.  Since I love cinematography it was really cool to get a feel for what it's like to use a real crane.  I also loved being able to start networking.  I got to talk to two camera crew members of TNT's Leverage which is my favorite show.  I was glad to get some good advice from the both of them about how to get started with a film career.

Cucalorus

Now this is something that I look forward to.  Access to free passes to a sweet well known film festival? Yes I think so.  I have been unable to attend Cucalorus until this year so I'm pretty excited.  It's also awesome to know that some people in my classes have their own films starring in the festival.  Congrats guys that's awesome! 
Since I love camera work, I will be going to two camera workshops, the cameras and cranes workshop and the underwater camera workshop. 
I plan to attend the screenings for Dolphin Glide and Food Not Bombs.  I will also be attending Irrational Reactions.

Installation

This project sounds like it will be pretty cool and interesting.  I don't think I've ever done a project like this before.  Cass is the director and plans to project bodies on bodies.  A live person will reinact the same moves of the same body that will be projected onto a blank screen with broken mirror class on it.  Sound pretty good to me.

Music Video Shoot

Our Music video consists of a song by the Rosewood Thieves.  The song is called "Flat Tire".  We had some trouble finding a couple of actors for our shoot but fortunately Cass and I were able to find them.  It just so happened that a very close friend of mine, who wants to be an actor, was visiting from Missouri and she had just graduated from UNCW as a theatre major last year. We seemed to be able to get some pretty good shots for our film.  Overall, this shoot was an interesting experience and I am hoping that all of the shots will nicely come together in the editing process.

Microcinema Reading

The Microcinema reading was pretty neat.  It is nice to know that some people still appreciate the art part of film and that it is still recognized.  However, it does still remain a bit unclear to me about how these filmmakers raise enough money for these works of art they make.  I guess it might also still be that when making these films just for the arts, money is not a concern.  They just do it for what unique features can be brought out on film.  I, sadly, have never been to one of these Independent art house theaters, but if I ever get the chance to go, I'm sure it would be a pretty sweet experience.  Just knowing that I am surrounded by the unique personality of the theater alone would be fun in itself.