Filming Interviews: Day 2

 

    HELLO BLOGGG!!!! It has been a while. Since the last time I spoke to you I have performed and had the best time at the States level drama competition I mentioned in the last blog, taking over my brain to say the least! sun terms of this project, I am pretty much on the same page as I was before I left, except that Sofia and so now have two interviews done out of three!! Today we got back from the trip very early in the morning (at like 6 am), so after some much needed rest we filmed and got really great footage to work with!!

Interview- Camilo

     Our interviewee’s name is Camilo, also a friend of my dad’s from the local group we are focusing the episode on. We were supposed to film with him earlier in the week but ended up being busy, a problem as he made time to film with us. Knowing this, we planned extra well for today, giving us about an hour to two hours to film anything we needed to. 

     Just like for Armando’s interview, the location type stayed the same, being his workshop of planes. Another reason we chose to have this type of location was not only to personalize each interview and give a look into each persons individual space where they interact with the hobby that connects them, but also to demonstrate the different levels of “commitment”/ “obsession” to the hobby, as well as how ultimately it doesn’t matter whether you have 5 planes or 100, the love and connection in the community is the same. That being said, Camilo definitely is higher up on the number of planes, with 212 model airplanes in his warehouse!! IT WAS INSANE. Here are some pictures of me filming and of the surrounding areas:

Picture of me filming a 3D printer-looking machine cutting a programmed design out

What looks like a bat cave full of planes... Planes everywhere!

     Because his interview would be one of the ones we focus on in the first five minutes of the documentary, we wanted to get as much footage as possible. Sofia, being extremely tired from the return from the field trip, stayed at home and I went alone with my dad. At first I thought it might be a problem but soon saw that it worked well, with my dad serving as an interviewer/ comforter to the interviewee at times, making Camilo’s responses more natural. 

     First, Camilo took us on a tour of his entire warehouse, giving insight into personal connection to different pieces, as well as allowing for an understanding of the complexity and true effort that grand devotion to the hobby implies, shown through his knowledge of specific tools and inner workings of design. After we took a tour, we filmed his more proper interview in his office, seating him at desk, and asking him the same interview questions that we asked Armando in the last interview. 

Reflection

     Overall, Camilo’s interview was very successful, providing meaningful responses not just about the knowledge it takes to truly involve oneself in the hobby of model airplanes but also the rich and irreplaceable connection it can offer that leaves no room for selfish intent, only laughs and good times. Regarding the actual production quality of the interview, I forgot to put the camera mic on the camera, so the audio from the camera sounds pretty disastrous! I did use voice memo to record audio, so I hope that suffices because his voice was rather low in volume... We will download the videos soon and align it with the voice memo audio soon and see how it fits. I’m really excited to see how the two different types of interviews (standing/ more casual and sitting/ more proper) will be edited together for all of the interviewees, with Sofia and I planning to film the final interview either tomorrow or Monday!!