Wow!
It’s been far too long since I’ve last shot a production, lemme tell you.
So, I’m just back from shooting a live concert, my first in months (at The Avalon w/ an HVX200 in DV50 mode & 2x 8GB P2′s… Yeah!)… And I hadn’t realized just how much I’d missed shooting.
So why’s that? Turns-out, shooting touches-on a terrific constellation of skills–
- creative: where are you gonna point the camera
- analytical: how do you maximize your effectiveness on-set
- leadership: how do you get everyone pointing in the same direction
- communicative: how do you get the picture across w/ a minimum of confusion
- intuitive: how do you ‘fix’ stuff that could/just/might-happen, before it happens?
-and-
- kinesthetic: how do you schlepp all that gear, then shoot all those hours, & not be bed-ridden for a week?
…& then when you’re done, w/ any luck, you’ve got something that looks cool, & entertains (& maybe even inspires) others.
Ah yes… so someone remind me why I schlepp code for a ‘living’, again?