The Bolex long take was quite the intimidating shoot. Our
group had a cool idea, not super complicated, but still tricky. We had to get
the blocking down perfectly so that our one take was not wasted or ruined. And that’s
what got me – we only had one chance for perfection. It’s such a daunting task.
Growing up with digital video cameras made takes seem somewhat obsolete
considering that you can do as many as you like and it not cost extra money or
supplies. But working with film stock, which my first time ever doing so was in
this class, brought a whole new perspective to film for me, and a whole new
respect for filmmakers. Shooting on film is much more intimidating, as you want
to have the least amount of takes possible to capture a great scene, so
directing, blocking, etc. become much more crucial to each take. With only
having one take at our disposal, rehearsal became a huge part of production
when most students probably dismiss it and just wing it on the first few takes.
When we got around to actually filming, I was quite nervous. I didn’t want
anything to mess up and fail at our one chance and that be it. Luckily, it
seemed to come out pretty cool other than a few minor hiccups. I can’t imagine
what going through an entire feature’s worth of film stock on production would
be like.
Whoa.
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