This profile proved to be a challenge for me as the night before I was to shoot, my original personality canceled on me. I was able to find someone to let me film him; however my new subject did not want his face on camera. this being the case I decided to try to teach myself how to use an experimental way of filming and editing.


I lost much of my audio for this profile during my editing process, so I had a lot of trouble with this particular documentary.

DOC's Challenge; Profiles; Final

Doc's Challenge is Complete!!! I really like the film that we put together, the team that I was on was TUJ1,and our documentary was about a homeless man, Jinno-san. Unfortunately I cannot post the film here, or anywhere online for a year do to the contest's restrictions; however my team and I will be able to fix parts of it that do not work to the film's full potential, and send it to other competition's and film festivals.

The profile that is due soon is nearly completed, although, yesterday as I was editing I found out that some of my sound files are corrupted. So I am not sure about how I am going to fix it in such a short time.

and then there is the Final...
I am going to being shooting the final this weekend and I hope to be finished with the preliminary filming by next Tuesday as there is a holiday on that Monday and my partner Kenta and I should be able to get the bulk of our materials then and start editing on Wednesday. I am going today to Bakpak Tokyo Hostel to do some staff interviews as well as to find out about when any long term guests are coming so that we can perhaps get some interviews and footage with them. I also think this would be beneficial if there is any need for B-roll after we finish the bulk of our filming.

Personal Profiles;
I had some problems with my profiles as the person who I was going to film on Saturday called me late on Friday night to cancel. with so little time left to film I chose to use one of my friends who would let me film him, however, he did not want his face on camera, and also I am not to use his full name. With these details in mind, and no chance of another person who I could profile in such a short time I decided that I should try to pull this off in an artistic manner. With any luck I will be able to...

Tokyo Postcards

This is my first completed film, and mostly I see this as a learning experience. I have kind of gotten Final Cut Pro figured out and I now know several things which I need to work on.

the first would be to not lose my edited materials, that was a problem, but I was able to eventually retrieve much of it.

Also I think that I need to film more back ground and B roll footage.

I also still have some trouble with my sounds.

Again this was a major learning experience and I am pretty happy with how this film turned out.

Work in Progress

Tokyo Postcards;
I have been working on this project for a few weeks now, and the editing is actually going very well. Learning how to edit at the same time as learning the editing system (Final Cut Pro)is quite exciting for me as it is a completely new experience and I feel that I am learning a lot.

project details
We were asked for this project to create a digital post card of Tokyo using three interviews as well as both film and photographs.
My specific project is "What is Tokyo" asking that one simple question to my three people and seeing there responses. My interviewees were as follows; a- A Temple University student who has been in Japan since August 2009. b- an expat who is half Japanese and half British, who has just moved to Tokyo. c- a first time travler to Japan who was to be here for a short time.
I did not have an exact plan of action concerning my photos or the exact way that I would be editing this piece as two of my subjects only wished to be recorded, rather than filmed. I think because of this i will not use a talking head for any of my characters, but rather use video of people moving and talking in different areas of the city as well as my photos for my "b" roll.

Three Day Project

We have been assigned to go out in the city and observe a single location at the same time of day (roughly) for three days;

On day one I was to go out and just watch. to observe and to just blend in.
This is what I encountered...

I decided for this small project to go to one of my favorite places in the city; This was the first time I had been there in two months so the changes in the scenery itself was striking. Some of the trees that were still some what green were now stark and bare. As my first day was a Sunday, I knew it would be a day hen there were a lot of people-and they were from all walks of life.

I stayed near the fountain for a short time, watching the families and couples, there was a couple of jugglers who could have been father and daughter, one man came through with 5 kids under his care.
After a while I decided to take a walk through the whole park; I have seen much of Yoyogi in the past bu I had never walked though the entire park.



Day Two.
Day two was my note day- here are some notations.

I noticed that most people were using the park as a through way to and from work and home, while others were relaxing with friends and pets.

The poor who seem completely ignored in this city live here in this park, watched as one man scowered through a trash can o find anything useful, and the food he found he gave to the ravens.

There are no musicians today, only the ravens, for me this is a first.

Day Three
Interact

I met one man, with his small dog, and took a picture with him, he was from Vancouver, Canada. Unfortunately my memory didn't allow me to remember his name after I left his, however I know his jack russle was named Spot. He and his pet make there visit to the park daily and he told me of some of the normal comings and goings that happen in Yoyogi.

I filmed as I watched people and as ducks grew into night I realized how Noir the park looked with the leaves blowing with the background of a musician playing a Didjeridoo. I wanted to approach him however he kept looking around and seemed like he didn't want anyone around; just quiet practice time.