Taryn's Week 2 Post: Reflections and Scenes

Week 2 Blog Post:

In reflection, the basic organizational structure of my footage gathered over the summer consists of observational footage and interviews. Observational scenes will serve as supporting material for interviews, as well as, for transition and establishing shot purposes. Interviews provide the main substantive content of the film, connecting the conceptual dots of what the observational footage represents. I have yet to film any significant landscape or city shots, however, when this is done, this will be a third category.  Right now, the relative ratio of footage is overwhelmingly granted to observational footage. I am confident that with more time in the field on weekends throughout the quarter, the interview section will grow. I speculate that there will be a pretty much even split between interview and observational footage.

I am relatively still in the beginning stages of the organizational process. I have cloned and backed up all footage and am transcoding my DSLR footage as I type this. Though my Master Field Log is primarily finished, I still need to calculate and add in the time duration of each scene and provide the total number of hours at the end. Log and transfer of all my FS100 footage is next, followed by beginning to construct associated Bin names in Final Cut Pro.  From here, I still need to ingest all my footage into FCP, including the DSLR transcoded .mov files, and check to see if the frame rate matches up across the two types of footage. I plan on logging specific information for each clip as I import or transfer. Once I am done with this, I still need to copy the transcoded and capture scratch material to all three hard drives. I also still need to transcribe the eight interviews that I have, so I can begin to have a better idea of what else I need from when I go back into the field.

Regarding style and form, I initially wanted to do an experimental essay film. It would be experimental in the sense that the film incorporates other mediums, such as, documentary photography, motion graphics, dance, and archival footage.  Two films that I draw inspiration from are Marlon Riggs’ Tongues Untied and Isaac Julien’s Looking For Langston. I would like to merge the experimental artistry of Riggs’ work with the rich, beautiful shots of Julien’s. However, given that this film will be in essay format, I am wondering how best to bring all these elements together or if it is possible that they all can come together. I am keeping my eyes open for what lends itself best to the footage overall. I could honestly use additional recommendations of films to watch.

Scene List

The “Quare” In There

1.) First Friday

2.) Night Life

3.)Art & Soul Street Fair

4.) Ursula Rucker Performance

5.) Interview with Ursula Rucker

6.) Interview with Ursula’s Producer

7.) Interview with Alyah Baker

8.) Summer of Brown Boi Workshop

9.) Interview with Roman

10.) Social Life White Party

11.) Ross at Youth Radio

12.) Interview with Nenna

13.) Ferguson Protest

14.) Chaney and Alyah at Show & Tell

15.) Social Life Pre-Pride Party

16.) Interview with Sienna

17.) Interview with Brooklyn

18.) Interview with Breathless

19.) Breathless at computer coming up with set list

20.) Stand up Comedy at Feelmore Sex Shop

21.) Show & Tell Pre-Pride Party

22.) TransVision Gala

23.) Oakland Pride