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!