360 video shoot

I missed the day that the class filmed using the 360 degree camera causing my experience with the project to be much different. I had to check out the camera and design a scene by myself so I thought it would be interesting to be sitting in a room of people talking and interacting as people do everyday. I chose the scene I did to embody this idea, letting the camera become a person in the film and interact with me and my friends as I normally would on a daily basis. The editing of the virtual reality footage was a completely different experience than any editing I have ever done. I am not good at editing, but this project pushed my knowledge and helped me expand my comprehension.

Rough Theater

I really enjoyed the article about "Rough Theater." The way the author writes how theater encompasses all the handmade theater venues as well as the sparkling chandeliers as well is very interesting. I can relate this article very easily to experimental film making. Experimental filmmakers are the rough theater of the film making world. They use techniques that are not conventional and sometimes even deemed as bad film making practices. However, to an artist, non conventional practices create the best art, as the article argues as well. I also loved the quote "If we find that dung is a good fertilizer, it is no use being squeamish." This quote really speaks to me as a struggling filmmaker. It is essentially saying, if you know what you need to do, then why would you not do it. If you know what it takes to become a successful in whatever you are doing, there is no point in shying away from it.