Filming notes

Kat and I just had a very good filming session. We used the hangar "default position" and we tried a couple of places before we ended up settling on the left side in front of this concrete barrier thing. Kat was able to lean against it, thus be much more relaxed during her speaking. Hopefully we can all take a look at the footage soon.

I also learned that a tripod is ESSENTIAL! We might need to redo some of the footage I shot today with a tripod. So...hopefully we'll get one soon.

Also, everyone should really be trying their hardest to think of creative ways to illustrate the things about which you are talking. Today when Kat and I were filming we realized that just zooming in on her bio sensor while she explained how it worked wasn't going to be very visually engaging. So she's going to modify her diagrams so we can use them in the movie. Stuff like that is good, also any interactive things (like if you can come up with some kind of visual or physical analogue for what you're talking about, something we can play with and actually have fun filming) are awsome. Ok this is kind of a cheesy example, but...

I made this video about salmon in sixth grade. There was this one part where we wanted to show how hard it was for salmon to get over dams, even when they install fish ladders. So we had one person just run and leap. Then we said it was going to be harder than that. Then we had another person do a cartwheel. It's still going to be harder than that. Then we had my gymnast friend do a couple of crazy back handsprings. Yeah, it's even harder than that.

So...think visual, think exciting to look at...

That's my message for the day.