It’s been a while. I hope all has been good in your part of the world.
An update on my filmmaking journey. For a variety of reasons, I felt like I’ve been battling against challenge after challenge to get this second film project across the finish line. As frustrating as that could be at times, it was fun to try to think outside of the box to try to overcome them.
First of all the subject matter of my project was cycling and it’s been consistently below zero in Minnesota so my opportunities to shoot have been limited to our parking garage. To try to overcome this I’ve stitched together still cycling shots in my camera roll to fill in the gaps. Some of them are “live photos” so it kind of looks like video footage.
Secondly, I’m finding my lack of gear (just my iPhone and a tripod) limiting. I wanted to do a voiceover but didn’t have a good microphone. I attempted to use the Voice Memo app on my iPhone to create the audio files but that didn’t work so resorted to using the “titles” feature in iMovie to insert the narration script on the screen as text.
Two Wheels was an exercise in “doing the best you can with what you have.” Overall, I’m very happy with the concept and fairly satisfied with the execution. All of the challenges really forced me to think outside of the box and use more creativity than I would have otherwise. A proper camera and microphone to record voiceover narration is definitely on my wishlist.
I can’t even explain how wonderful this filmmaking class has been for me. Although I'm unsure where this is all going to take me learning a new skill has truly reignited my passion for creating and I want to do lots more of it. Casey Neistat has proven you can teach an old dog new tricks after all!
I hope you enjoyed this short film. If you want to see more like it please subscribe to my YouTube channel.
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Take care all! I'll have more to share soon.
-Eric
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