I think the world is a beautiful place. This planet never ceases to amaze me. We are surrounded by beauty every day. And this isn’t just because I just came back from one of the most picturesque countries on the planet…I was actually thinking about this on the bus last night, as I watched an […]
So, how does one prepare to shoot an ethnographic film? Well, I suppose that there are two elements to consider: the physical and the mental. Physically, I’m pretty prepared for the job. My camera kit, which includes my camera, microphones, cables, boom pole, and tripod, was all issued to me yesterday. Mentally, I’m chomping at […]
Finally, it’s here! Feedback from our class Our film was screened for our class and supervisors on May 23rd in the Granada Centre. The feedback was generally all positive, and a discussion ensued related to choices in subtitling, the equal inclusion of our two stories (Easter and their immigrant lives), the introductions of our characters, […]
During the production of my latest short film for class, my partner Rae and I have been faced with quite a lot of criticism of our subject and many of the choices that we have had to pilot. This film we are making is mostly about a group of young Slovakian immigrants living in Manchester, […]
So, it’s really anti-climactic, but here’s the final photo. I really wanted to see something crazy and exciting today to have it end all the other boring ones preceding, but I didn’t! There was a street musician playing a really odd-looking stringed instrument that I saw, but I didn’t take a picture. I feel unfulfilled by this […]
Lara Cenovski