'Cause that means I don't have to shoot film/tapes. I just spent twenty-five minutes dicking around with final cut pro and a JVC BR-HD50 firewire tape deck trying to log and capture footage from this weekend's shoot of "Clutter."
I enjoyed the aesthetic of shooting Tri-X in my BW film photography class last semester (I especially like the highlights!). But I hated getting told what to shoot each week with a deadline. Granted, that's what I do for a living, but this was supposed to be fine art - my perceptions of my world. Instead I had to shoot assignments like "Show me maximum depth of field" or "Show me you know how to change your shutter speed."
With Convergence and the introduction of more digital systems (like Panasonic's P2 system and the RED) Logging and capturing (much less developing!) tapes and film is almost becoming a thing of the past.
Film will always be around, but damn it Purdue Film and Video Studies, we aren't shooting "Film" anyway, we might as well switch to fully digital systems and save ourselves hours of keyboard-head banging swearing in the DLC.
/rant
2 comments:
I prefer to be shooting with a defined brief, as it gives me a framework to work around.
Such limiting briefs such as "Show Maximum Depth of Field" must have been incredibly frustrating though.
Who knows, in a few years time you might be glad you went through all this trouble and strife learning how to do it all the old way!
I really enjoyed shooting film and developing/printing. Like you said, it was the limitations of the assignments that got to me.
Short briefs are the way to go. When I shoot environmental portraits for the paper I'm usually given a name, email address and occupation. After that I'm free to do whatever.
I look forward to the day when I can shoot film for personal projects, but until then, its gonna take a back-seat to getting the job done quickly.
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