Week 8

This week Devin and I interviewed Mars Incrucio who made the tinder card game, Matchr. He only brought a prototype, so we didn't get as much b-roll as we wanted, but it was still a good interview. It was helpful that Mars was a film student, because he knew what we wanted, and even though he rambled, he tried to oblige and be a good interviewee even when the camera cut off sometimes. We shot in a local coffee shop that had a lot of sunlight and they were very nice. Luckily, there was a family who came in and sat down behind us and started playing games. This was kind of funny, but also slightly annoying. I talked with Michelle about the shaky camera and so we posted the camera on the tripod the whole time to avoid that. The light looked clear and not orange at all.

I have been trying to listen to the class with what they are saying technically. I feel as though I am playing catch up though. We also came up with an outline from what Mars said that I feel fits the film a lot better and makes it unique - with a lot of help from Alex in our class.

We were trying to get Mars to go on three different tinder dates and take a fly on the wall approach with those dates, but he refused to do it because his "publicist said it would be a bad idea for his image." So, now we are going through tinder, as well as people we know from tinder, and trying to find matches. However, a lot of people are wary of going on the tinder date or are confused about what it is. We have also been looking to our friends and seeing if they would be willing to let us film their tinder dates since it's less creepy that way.

We have one date lined up for Sunday night, and the guy seems pretty friendly and unawkward about it all. I feel much more confident about how my footage will come together now.

Update Week 7

We have finally found an interview with a Domestic Violence Abuse Center Worker. She is very excited to work with us and I think her interview will be beneficial for getting a full perspective of what love can mean. I think it may also lead to a full cover of the center if she ends up being interesting on camera. I also found a professor at UNCW whose speciality is working with love and the structure of a relationship. Which could really be helpful in figuring out the structure of our documentary.

I'm currently thinking about adding a participatory Vox Pop, like setting people up on blind dates as a way to break up the monotony of talking heads. I think finding a compatibility test and setting people up might be fun. Or hosting our own speed dating event. I am also going to interview some couples that I know of different ages and a child who comes from a broken family about love and how he sees it.

Week Six Update

Week 6 Update

I've had a really tough time trying to get people to be in front of a camera for an interview. The problem I run into the most is that I invest a lot of time in emailing and talking with them and then they drop us, and say that they can't do it. I'm trying to find a way in somehow, but it has been really tough and discouraging. I'm also getting a lot of spontaneous emails saying let's do the interview in a few hours or tomorrow, which is hard/impossible to schedule with the equipment room. 

I'm also having a hard time figuring out exactly what I want to hone in on. It's hard to nail down exactly what I think and I want to talk to more people and film more things to solidify a focus. 

Devin and I are going to go downtown and film Vox pops and see if anything or anyone stands out.