From: JEFFREY PAULL (email suppressed)
Date: Thu May 28 2009 - 13:00:44 PDT
Matt, Jane Brahkage (spelling?) wrote an article on this, way back.
If I remember correctly, just after the Kid was born, she said to Stan, "Give me the camera so I can get shots of you".
Smart, hip, new mother, eh?
If I can find my copy of the article (I always handed it out to my students when I showed the movie)
I'll make a PDF and send it on to Frame works.
I taught 1st year film production, and day-1, 1st semester, after intro business was complete, I'd say,
"I'm going to be showing you a silent movie, so concentrate, and afterwards we'll talk about if you missed a sound track or not."
(Heh-heh!) Then at 8 o'clock in the morning, they saw Window Water Baby Moving.
After that they never really knew what I'd pull next.
But risk-taking is key to art and movies, eh?
And Window Water Baby Moving is truly wonderful with no sound, no?
Makes you really concentrate and makes it seem as if this is going on inside your head.
JP
On Thu 28/05/09 15:20 , Matt Helme email suppressed sent:
> I just saw Window Water Baby Moving, what a great movie. I only hope
> my work comes out so good. Did Brakage ever publish program notes on
> the film?
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> FROM: bryan mckay
> TO: email suppressed
> SENT: Thursday, May 28, 2009 2:48:25 PM
> SUBJECT: Re: Filmming a Birth - additional
>
> You can see the film online and it's very easy to find if you Google
> the title, but I recommend you take the extra steps required to see it
> in better quality and (assuming you can't see a screening of a print)
> check out the version on the _ By Brakhage_ DVD from Criterion, which
> is widely available for rent or purchase. You can even rent it from
> Netflix.
> Best,Bryan
> On May 28, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Matt Helme wrote:
> Is Window Water Baby Moving available on-line?
>
> Matt
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> FROM: JEFFREY PAULL
> TO: email suppressed
> SENT: Thursday, May 28, 2009 2:12:10 PM
> SUBJECT: Re: Filmming a Birth - additional
>
> Discuss and settle on a purpose /what they expect / what this would
> be used for
> and write that in ball pen on the back of your hand.
>
> If possible, before the event, go to where you're going to be
> shooting with a stand-in (so to speak)
> and take maybe 30 sec. shots from probable angles.
> In the comfort of your own home, go over the shots, using freeze
> frame, crawl, as needed, and note if any stuff in the BG
> catches our eye, and readjust as you need to. Take notes. "Clean the
> frame" as it's called.
>
> Also:
> Test the white balance - especially if there's available fluorescent
> light.
> Fluorescent greenish newborns aren't as cute as the usual brown, tan,
> or pink ones.
>
> Also:
> Accept the fact that you won't get everything, and THAT'S OK!
> So no swishing the camera around to make sure a bit of everything
> lands recorded.
> Instead, most of the time, use your bare eyes keeping in emotional
> contact with the event, the place, the people.
> Before the trumpets sound, spend some quieter time devoting time to
> each person ONLY.
> Then go on to another person.
>
> If you shoot a lot, it means that come editing time, you will have to
> deal with a lot of footage and time and possible choices.
> That can make editing seem overwhelming.
> But maybe conditions call for many lengthy shots so you don't miss
> anything.
> If, during recording, there is a stretch where you've been shooting
> and nothing compelling has transpired,
> erase it from the HD or flash drive or whatever. If you've gotta
> shoot lots, try to do at least some trimming as you go along.
> Not individual shots, but 5-15 min. hunks of waiting time.
>
> Also:
> - GET REACTION SHOTS and some shots of what people - and the mother
> - are doing during the lulls.
> - GET TELLING DETAILS. 10 SEC PER SHOT. Give yourself editing
> possibilities later.
> - CHARMING MOMENTS.
> - Specifically spend time recording each of the practitioners. Both
> M.S. with what they're doing so we can see,
> and C.U. (not E.C.U.) of their concentration.
> - What people do while waiting. Alone with their thoughts.
>
> And watch Window Water Baby Moving both forwards and backwards.
>
> Jeffrey Paull
> On Thu 28/05/09 13:08 , Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez
> email suppressed sent:
> > be extremely flexible, and discuss with the parents beforehand what
> > they are comfortable with. make sure you have plenty of extra
> > battery packs, as this could take a lot longer than you expect and
> it
> > would not be advisable to run electrical cords in the room. if you
> > are filming in a hospital, get all necessary clearance ahead of
> time.
> > good luck, what an honor.
> > enjoy today....
> > Dinorah de Jes ús Rodríguez Film/Video Artist and Freelance
> Writer
> > www.solislandmediaworks.com [1] [2]www.artcinematic.blogspot.com
> [3]
> > http://cinesthesia.blip.tv [4]
> > On May 28, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Matt Helme wrote:
> > Hello all:
> >
> > I may be Filming a Birth and i need advice.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Matt
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