Being the Interviewer/Editor #1
It was tough being the interviewer towards the end, especially when I ran out of questions. I did do good keeping silent throughout, not being the Oprah Winfrey. I could have thought of more interesting questions, to get more lengthy and in depth answers
Editing was fun to do, still getting back in the swing of things, just throwing in random b-roll just messing around with it was helpful. The sound wasn't that good, it was windy out and the Rode mic was to far from Emma in this, so it is hard to hear at times. The lighting was awkward to deal with, being an overcast day so I messed with the color, exposure, and saturation of it to try to make it more visibly appealing.
Being the DP #1
Being the DP for the first video went really well. We messed up with the sound sort of, our camera was too far away from the interviewee, so it was muffled and caught a lot of wind. I found a fair amount of B-Roll, and enjoyed working on this interview. It was tough to keep my mouth shut to ask questions when the interviewer didn't have any ready. The camera could have been close and more to the side, to help with the sound and the angle to get better lighting. This video isn't working because we can't make the video public for some reason, so we can't view it.
Being the Interviewee #1
Being interviewed was kind of fun, I did well repeating the question every time, I think so at least. It is tough to think of answers for certain questions on the spot. Also to maintain good posture is tough for me. I could have improved by going in to detail for certain questions, instead of lots of quick answers with lots of questions, and I could have spoken louder
Being the Interviewer/Editor #2
Being the interviewer this time I was controlling the tascam. I plugged in headphones to make sure it sounded loud enough. I had to crank the input up on the side to make sure it was loud enough, just incase. They are easy to use, and didn't take long to learn at all it is very simple. I came prepared with questions compared to last time so it went more smoothly. I used the video server to get drone shots for my b-roll, which is much better to look at then fuzzy photos off of the internet. I put in subtle music in the background so it wasn't as quiet and bland. It was confusing at first to know how to sync the audio from the rode mic and the tascam, but it is also easy and I got a hang of it.
Being the DP #2
Being the DP went a lot better than the first interview. We filmed inside so we didn't have to deal with glare from the overcast outside. I put the camera closer this time so the Rode Mic was more reliable to use. I remembered to put the light lower because the three of us were all wearing hats so we could still see our eyes. We initially were outside, but we moved to the library because the lighting was terrible because of the overcast weather.
Being the Interviewee #2
There isn't really much to write about being interviewed. I think It is better to hear me since we used the tascams, because I tend to mumble sometimes. I also think we got a better shot of me compared to the last one, the lighting was lower so you can see me better since I always wear a hat. We though of better questions this time, not just ones that required one word answers
Being the Interviewer/Editor #3
Being the editor was good this time. I found good B-roll off youtube. It was really great drone shots of VT scenery in Autumn. Towards the end messed with some cool effects i found online that I wanted to learn for the future, so I used the end of this interview for practice. I made teddy animated which required to copy the clip and use the draw mask. After that I made a outro, with my name wiggling by using the bad TV effect and the underwater effect, and I had to use the draw mask. We used the rode mic this time, not the tascam
Being the DP #3
We used the 7d with the fifty mill. lens. It was good practice again to take the lens on and off. It was a pain to adjust the shot because you can't zoom on it you just have to move the whole stand which is a hassle. It is a very good shot for this interview I think though, I took the background through the window out of focus and made it teddy. I think after all the interviews I am comfortable going out and filming, knowing what to do and what to bring as in batteries and extra batteries, and am comfortable with both cameras also.
Being the Interviewee #3
There isn't that much to say for this yet again, I did my best to elaborate on answering the questions, and finding a spot to look thats not directly at the camera.
Documentary Review
Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation tells about the story leading up to Woodstock festival. It paints a picture of the social and political upset in 1969. Half a million people gathered to see the concert of their life, but turns out it brought lots of peace and love to the generation, through the starving and soaking wet people at the concert. It featured one of the most prolific musical lineups in history that included Jimmy hendrix, santana, joe cocker, the who and janis joplin. Fans got a taste of a variety of music styles which came together in perfect harmony. The crowd at Woodstock in 1969, which reached near a half a million people sent a message to the world that individuals could come together peacefully to celebrate peace and music.
The b-roll throughout the movie is phenomenal. It seems they have endless footage from this event, considering it was non-stop throughout the movie with voiceovers the whole time. I liked the voiceovers a lot at times. I found them very emotional and informative, the tone of there voices really made it seem what it was. But I also didn't like them at times, having b-roll with voiceovers the whole time got old, seeing a facial expression or two of the interviewees
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would be something of importance to the film. The pan shots of the crowd and were unreal, these people seemed as small as ants, and there seemed to be a massive amount of them. It really put it into perspective how large Woodstock really was. The shots weren’t extremely poor quality considering they used archived film for it. Things I didn’t like were the remembrance of it. They could have put it even more into perspective, to interview people years after it and put it in the film. That would have shown what people remembered about the concert. Other than that, the whole story was very well put together and really held my attention the whole time, due to the shots are always keeping me engaged, just stunning me the amount of people that were there.
Overall, I would recommend this movie. It is filled to the brim with stellar music of rock and pop variety. Very few documentaries manage to capture the time, place, and story all at once, and make it some-what entertaining and interesting at the same time, but this documentary did. Being a kid that loves music from the past, I found it very thought provoking to actually know about the festival, and everything it impacted, not just the big setlist. Overall, the documentary was a 7.5 or 8 out of 10 I think, and was very informational and evidence driven, but could have been more appealing to watch by a bit.