July 18, 1997 - B Roll Friday

It would be in my best interest to finish the B roll footage in the most efficient manner possible. Film making: So much expense involved and so many hands. After being used to experimentation in the darkroom it's hard to come to grips with the constraints of film making. Whereas blowing one roll of 35 mm or 120 still film only costs you $5 or so and a few hours time laboring away in the darkroom, experimenting with B roll footage can set you back hundreds of dollars and many weeks of labor. It's best to have a clear idea of what you want to shoot, as creatively restricting as that may first appear.

There are three main places where B roll footage takes over: The "Falling in Love" collage, Michael's Dream, and the Doppler shift thing. The first two I have broken down already while the Doppler shift I have only a rough sketch. I like the idea of trains going by and also animated drawings of concentric rings representing waves in a pond. The Dream Sequence can also foreshadow the Doppler thing if Doppler uses the same police siren image briefly. I need to time Michael's words to see roughly how long it needs to be.

-George

odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris.
   nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.

				-Catullus