Filming with the 360 camera was a very fun change of pace for me. Since being a director during my college years, I have tended to stress aesthetic and stylistic qualities more than performance and choreography. Since we were filming with the 360 camera, I did not have as many aesthetic choices to make. Since everything is always in view from the camera, I got to focus on choreography and acting. It was a fresh change of pace for me. Looking back, I definitely could have done better, but it was still very fun!
Looking ahead, If I were ever to film something else with a 360 camera, I would make a music video. I believe that is the easiest medium to translate a 360 film to. I can see it now, a band performing on one side, a crowd dancing on the other, and before you know it, the band starts interacting with the crowd in numerous ways.
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Sunday, March 12, 2017
My Rough Theatre
My rough theatre is my youtube channel from high school. It has since been deleted, but during its time, "MattMacProductions" was a good example of pleasing the crowd while using very cheap, crude, and imperfect equipment and techniques.
We would often make spoofs of MTV reality shows. For sets, we would just use locations that were available to us. When shooting, we would not even try to make the sets convincing to the viewer. Instead, we just played pretend. My favorite example of this was when spoofing the MTV show Next, the bus was just my living room. It looked nothing like a bus, but we as actors said it was the bus, and acted as if it was the bus.
When editing, we also didnt care about continuity, 30 degree rules, or anything like like. Instead, we just cut when we needed to, or when the take ended. Our only "calculated" cuts were for a kind of comedic effect.
YouTube was my "rough theatre". It was low class, it was crude, it wasn't flashy, but it resonated with people and entertained them. Because I was able to be imaginative as a filmmaker, my audience seemed to be willing to imagine along with me.
We would often make spoofs of MTV reality shows. For sets, we would just use locations that were available to us. When shooting, we would not even try to make the sets convincing to the viewer. Instead, we just played pretend. My favorite example of this was when spoofing the MTV show Next, the bus was just my living room. It looked nothing like a bus, but we as actors said it was the bus, and acted as if it was the bus.
When editing, we also didnt care about continuity, 30 degree rules, or anything like like. Instead, we just cut when we needed to, or when the take ended. Our only "calculated" cuts were for a kind of comedic effect.
YouTube was my "rough theatre". It was low class, it was crude, it wasn't flashy, but it resonated with people and entertained them. Because I was able to be imaginative as a filmmaker, my audience seemed to be willing to imagine along with me.
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