The Little Larks concert on Monday afternoon was the result of a community project for primary school kids and was organised by a team of people, one being Andrew McTaggart who happens to be from the School of Music, and a friend, and my singing teacher! It was through him that I found out about it and ended up helping to film it along with a freelancer, Alistair MacDonald. STV were also there recording some of the rehearsals for a future broadcast and the footage which I helped obtain would possibly be used for that also. It was another good experience and though I was not particularly pleased with my camera-work it was a great concert and well worth seeing.
Our last MER Meeting was strangely poignant as it was Anna Chaney’s last after two years of being a Rep. To think I’m just another part of that unceasing flow of students who enrol, do their bit and graduate. I may be the first Rep who will have been on the course for four years, instead of two, and I can say even only after one year that it’ll be a tough parting. But I suppose that’s what life is. Nothing slows down, nothing stops or (as Ros Maddison said) the only constant is change… very Thomas Hardy! Yet maybe that’s not the case. Certainly there would seem to be some things that we may think won’t change – like mountains, or the sun, or story – and some things we know do change but wish that they didn’t – like people, or friendship, or love. It is interesting that our first reaction when we fall in love is to want it to last forever, to never disappear, to remain unchanged. Yet it never does. Why would we want that if it’s not the way it normally works? Why should that longing be there? It’s like we have a built-in desire for a love that doesn’t change, that is constant, faithful, unfailing, enduring, everlasting… but we don’t find it in each other. So does it even exist? If only there was a book that explained its existence, and described what it was like and proved its constancy through history. If only that book was complete and constant and unchanging. If only we all had this book to read and understand.
“All for fun and fun for all” read a random text from my sister. It was yet more fun and games on Wednesday morning when Matthew and I took a juggling session for the cast of Little Clown. I was impressed with the progress made by both cast and crew and thoroughly enjoyed myself, as normal.
That afternoon I cut together an animatic of the film from the storyboard and let Charlotte see it to get an idea of timings, pacing, length and the general structure of the film.
The Acting Screen Workshop with Ali De Souza was an extremely useful and informative session which allowed an insight into the mentality and thought process of an actor faced with a camera. I am keenly interested in acting so it was great to pick up some hints but it was also very satisfying to see the actors begin to understand more of the filmmaking process. I wish there was more collaboration with the actors and I really hope that we will get more opportunities like this in second year.
Friday marked the big scary start of ‘the weekend before the shoot’. I could feel the anticipation mounting as I helped load some props into the van to be taken to location. This has potential to be a really professional little film; now to see if we can pull it off.
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