At this point in my blog, I am going to make a shift: I will be vaguer I will be briefer I will focus on the project update, rather than the details This is in order to channel my energy toward building the final project. This week I intend to begin building the website and […]
At this point in my blog, I am going to make a shift:
- I will be vaguer
- I will be briefer
- I will focus on the project update, rather than the details
This is in order to channel my energy toward building the final project. This week I intend to begin building the website and make huge progress on my final project. In order to do this, I must allocate my energy in the best way possible.
Tuesday evening, I had the privilege of interviewing six different coordinators of the Glendi Festival, all at various ages, and all with different perspectives on Glendi’s history and ultimate meaning. All of the participants were so willing to share information, and one member gave me a box of publicity (all originals), that I must scan and return.
The interviews directly confirmed much of what I had hoped to find, solidifying the festival in my mind. It is a culturally rich festival worthy of documentation. And I would tell you more, but you’ll just have to wait to find out.
The Challenges of Video Recording
Recording the interviews on video was the most anxiety-inducing part of the project. My boyfriend, the videographer, had just purchased a new camera which arrived in the mail a couple days previous. By the time we loaded into the car, he was still fumbling with the settings and unsure of himself.
We set up in the gorgeous church with the exact meaningful backdrop I had imagined for the interviews to take place. But we had only two lights, when a proper light setup requires three, and as the sun went down, the backdrop darkened, and since the camera settings were not properly set up, the footage is grainy and orange. Seeing the footage afterward was so distressing that I didn’t know what to do. My boyfriend had immediately afterward bought a third light online and learned how to adjust the whitebalance and ISO. I’m glad that we were able to learn from this experience, but I am still heartbroken over the footage.
For the interviewees though, they were perfectly comfortable talking to me under the lights in front of the camera. For most, the camera became invisible, and the conversation took place with just me and subject — as I had hoped.