Individual interview – final reflection

Since I’ve worked with Tim for over a year, we’ve grown closer and our connection has allowed me to learn more about sound that I thought I would. I was appreciative of everything he taught me, and felt as though others would be just as interested in sound as I was, since we were in fact trying to create films. Sound has always been the underappreciated part of film, but once we gained it we knew it was something that was needed to produce quality works.

Working on this interview assignment gave me information not only on being a sound engineer, but allowing me to do my own sound within learning sound. It was interesting to see how well everything flowed together in the piece, and I was proud of the outcome of my edit. I think that if I had the chance to go back and edit more, I would change some placement of the B-Roll and try to align the music with the way that the video was structured. I like my break of video with actual performance, and was astounded by how well it gave the video a smooth transition in the piece. I think that my subject was interesting and could be made into a larger subject piece since it is something that a lot of people look over but we really need it in this day and age.

Some previous works I’ve done

I thought I’d share some of my own work that I’ve done in the past working with the camera and directing. They’re not all documentary works, but they allowed me to use the camera and work on angles, style and creativity. Since not all of us go to Lafayette, I thought it would be nice to share some original work at the end of this lovely semester!

Art in the Banana Reflection

Reflection on my project with Nely and Ricky, I can say that I’m proud of the film we produced. We started off rocky with little hope to our project, and ended with hours of footage, and an almost ten minute documentary that served a purpose we hoped to push. It was exciting to be out in the field, getting to know a new and unfamiliar place, and creating connections. We worked hard day and night, and by the end we had a creative and interesting documentary that we were proud to show everyone. Ricky and Nely, were supportive and just as hardworking as I was which was great. We were all able to work through hurdles, money issues, and tech issues, to be able to do all the work needed to get the job done. Ricky, who’s not even a film major, was willing to do so much work, and offer help in any way he could. Nely, was an editing genius, and came up with a great way to show an art documentary, in an artsy way. It was a great group dynamic, and trust me, I wouldn’t want to be with any other group this semester.

 

Kim Snyder Visit

I was highly moved by Kim Snyder’s visit on campus. I think she had to be my favorite visitor of this semester. Her viewing of Newtown left me floored, emotional, and moved by her way of weaving documentary and pushing a story that many people wouldn’t have the guts to show. Her tenacity to creating bonds with broken people trying to make a new way for their deceased children, and building a story from it, literally had me motivated to continue my own documentary objectives. It was emotional, thought-provoking, and REAL. It gave action without showing it, gave feeling through words, and allowed you to feel vulnerable at all points. It was without a doubt one of the best documentary films I have seen so far, and its not boring. It does educate, but in an awareness point of view where you don’t feel like you’re at school. She was so genuine with her talk back as well, allowing herself the humbleness that comes with being a documentarian that films a massacre such as this, and offered great feedback. As all the speakers who came said, it’s important to gain a relationship with your subjects, as they are the ones who give themselves to you to film.

Solo Interview

For my individual interview I plan on interviewing Tim Frey. He’s the sound engineer for Lafayette. Following through from my instagram assignment, I wanted to actually allow for people to understand what Tim does and what an average day for him as a SE for a college looks like. I was interested in his point of view because I am interested in music, and also technology so being a sound engineer includes both so as I learn I want others to benefit off of this learning as well. I think his consistency in working here for so long provides an insight on the job as well as his previous works before settling on this campus.