I have got three days in the cann now and am only two subjects shy of the half way point in principle of photography.
Saturday was a big day at 10:30 I took a bus downtown to the library to print up some release forms, then walked to the corner of Lamar 6th street where I would meet up with Rebecca (The Yoga Instructors) and E.J. (Camera Op) at 12:00pm to begin shooting Rebecca's sequence of the films introduction and her food purchase which was a very interesting shot, mainly because I had not already shot in the same area for both Kristi (The Dancer) and Sharon (The Massage) and had managed to shoot on separate sides of the street for the two of them, but was now forced to shoot down an area of the street that I hadn't seen or been down .
After walking in the new direction for a few blocks I knew that it was the place to shoot, there were trees just about every 10-15 steps with long arm like branches that cast sharp shadows and large leafy frames over the side walk. Once the camera was turned on, we rolled on a couple of listed shots, and while shooting an M.S. (Medium Shot) Rebecca got a bit ahead of the camera and walked out of frame. I signaled to E.J. to follow her and continue rolling and at that moment I was able to see just how much the colors Rebecca was wearing fell into the frame that the trees cast, only a few seconds of that happy mistake are usable, but I am happy to have them.
After shooting rebecca's food purchase, we traveled up to my place at 8600 N. Lamar Blvd where we continued onto her eating sequence.Which I felt also turned out to be a great success. We finished with Rebecca at about 3:40pm, E.J. and I picked up a pizza next store, we ate, chilled for a bit and watched some dailies as we waited for Rev. Russell Minton to arrive.
Russell told me he wanted to do all his shooting in the N. Lamar area which made things really easy for me and E.J.. I had already shot Hershal (The Bellhops) scenes up in the same area.
The difference was, when I shot with Hershal, we were facing the building.
So when I shot with Russel I had the camera facing out toward traffic, with made for a good pace change and also some good contrast in foreground and background speed.
We shot Russell's food purchase, then moved onto his eating sequence, he definitely had a way with him while he was eating, he was fairly quicker then the rest of the subjects thus far, and when we begun recording his thoughts I knew there where definitely some incredibly thought provoking in going on in his head, thoughts that not only brought me to the verge of tears and had me heavily questioning why I feel the why I feel during eating but made me feel like a patient visiting my psychiatrist.
The things that I have heard during the process of recording this film have really begun to bring notice to things about myself and I greatly appreciate everybody involved in this film for being so bold and honest to the camera. I really believe that by making this film together we are all a part of something great.
Thank You and Be Well,
Joshua Maxwell
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