Flo-rida

Hey everyone,

As I am writing this blog I just wanted to keep everyone up to speed with things happening here in DC and other places as well. Tomorrow I am flying down to Orlando area to help a friend shoot a documentary he is working on. I cant tell you how excited I am to be able to work on a project like this. Being in school and no longer having accessibility to gear like I did in HS. But that hopefully will change soon, details after jump. All I really know about this project is that it we are shooting in Orlando, and it is about paintball. I am down with both of these things. I haven't played paintball since 9th or 10th grade and I miss it kinda. Everything except the cost that is.

I will write more upon returning and having time to digest it all. This brings me to my next little tidbit.

I have made some changes to gear I wish to buy for my senior project. That's probably a sigh of relief to my parents. If you recall, the first camera I had my sights on was a JVC GY-HM700U. This is at the top of the field right now. It shoots to cheap SDHC cards in formats that work with FCP and Premiere Pro. However, the price tag on this is around $7,000.

You - "$7,000? Thats alot of money Drew..."

Me - "Your right, but its awesome. But don't worry, I have settled on a cheaper option. I am hoping to buy a JVC GY-HD200. The difference is that this camera shoots on tape rather than memory cards, and it is older. In fact, its not even made anymore, I would have to buy it used."

You - "So your compromising?"

Me - "Kinda, but I have that covered as well. Instead of shooting on tape, I am going to buy a hard drive that is designed for the JVC camera. The price will be more money, but I will save money on the many tapes I would use to record the film."

So that is that. I still need help thinking about ideas for my documentary, see my previous post for more info.

Thats all for me tonight!

Peace!

I needs your help!

Well, here I am for my weekly blog post, and I am sad to say that I am not posting more.  But I feel like this blog post is something that will be beneficial to get feedback from sooner rather than later. Let me set the scene:

            6:00pm – Start watching “World of Jenks” on MTV

            6:12pm – Start writing this blog

            6:25pm – Stopped writing

            8:00-11:00pm – Watched my Thursday night programming

            11:47pm – Started writing again

Now I have gotten to thinking, mainly because the premise of World of Jenks is this… Andrew Jenks travels the US, his main purpose is to view peoples struggles, joys, and everything in-between.  Jenks get to know the people that are making up this world, and for some reason, something so simple is so addictive.

That brings me to the main part of my blog. As I am planning my senior project, I am beginning to draw up ideas and plans. I have some ideas but I am looking for something more. The ideas I have are pretty basic. And that’s the problem; there is nothing that separates the ideas that I have from the ideas that every other communications student has for his or her senior project.

The thing I love about documentaries is that not only do they tell a story, but they good ones change peoples lives. That is something I want my documentary to do. I have plenty of time to tell a story or to look into a subculture, down the road. My only problem is, I don’t want to do something that’s been done. Part of that is when I watch show like World of Jenks, I tend to picture my documentary being pretty similar, but changing a few things. Now here is where I need everyone’s help. I don’t want to “redo” a project that has already been done. I need your help to give me ideas. What do you think would be a documentary that would affect people for the better, change people, or open their eyes to something? You can either email me ideas at davidsondrew@me.com or put it in the comment box. Really, anyway you want to send suggestions is fine with me.

Thanks for reading!!