LOOKING BACK ON THE OTIS RETREAT

The Otis retreat was so full of non-stop activities that I could hardly catch my breath and certainly did not have time or energy to post on this blog.

Now that I have had some time to reflect, my overwhelming response to the experience is this:

I learned a great deal about using a camera, creating a simple visual effect, editing in iMovie and working with iDVD.

I loved the creative process of envisioning a cinematic image

I hated the intensely time consuming process of lugging the equipment, setting up, dealing with noise, lack of light, technical difficulties, etc.

I was frustrated by the fact that when we screened our tiny video during the final event (thank you Traci for attending!) the sound malfunctioned and we had a gravely, then silent film.

Final conclusion:  I love theatre more than ever; I cannot watch a film now without trying to figure out if a shot is a camera tilt, crane or over the shoulder close-up; and I am grateful for the opportunity to discover and learn so much is such a short amount of time!

Otis College of Art &Design multimedia retreat DAY ONE

Just what I needed to round out my study of multimedia as an enhancement to live theatre projects. Today we learned how to make storyboards, shot lists and camera angles. Tomorrow we begin to shoot our team based mini documentaries

They are feeding us well, the Custom Hotel is great and I am totally enjoying this opportunity.

Tomorrow I will take a turn as the cinematographer. Looking forward to the challenge!