The Black Angel


It was the first time I had entered an even where I was given a limited number of days to complete a project.

...This leveled the field in that you really couldn't begin a film until you knew what four things you had to have in it. To read more about what the four things were and to watch the film go to The Black Angel .

Last month I had an opportunity to participate in IC Microcinema's Documentary Video Race.
It was the first time I had entered an even where I was given a limited number of days to complete a project.

The hardest part was that filmmakers had to incorporate 4 things into their films. We didn't know until the race began what those four things were. This leveled the field in that you really couldn't begin a film until you knew what four things you had to have in it.
To read more about what the four things were and to watch the film go to The Black Angel .


Once I had found out what the four things were I had to trash what I was planning on shooting because the four things wouldn't have worked in the film I was planning to do. So much for pre planning.
Since we only had a week before our films were shown I had to come up with something fast. I had just read about a geocache in the cemetery where the Black Angel was. Her story sounded interesting and though maybe that would be a good subject for my film.

After doing some research I wrote a script and was eager to begin filming.

One of the things I wanted to do was to give the film a little something extra. That something would be a ghost. I had an idea on how to do it but had never tried it to see if it would work.
I contacted my "ghost" who wouldn't be available until Thursday just a few days before the film had to be turned in. So, if this didn't work I wasn't sure what I was going to do.

Luckily everything went well and I was able to turn the film in by the deadline.

Talking to some other filmmaker friends of mine they had said that the Black Angel was in their top four ideas as well. As it was another film that was entered was on the Black Angel as well. It was interesting to see how different the two films were.

The experience was a lot of fun and I look forward to the next video race.


Posted: Sat - May 21, 2005 at 04:48 PM        

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