Production Schedule, Blog 4

Production Schedule:

2/20 all day - awaiting response from Ebony as far as when she's free for expert interview
        at 9:00 pm - Call Ibiza again to find out if the owner is available/willing to sign permission
2/21 at 2:00pm - Pick up the equipment
        before 9pm - Get stamped at the club for free entry
        at 9pm - Shoot B roll of downtown wilmington
        at 10:00pm - begin filming Pop Vox outside the door
        12am - Begin Filming the drag show (if permission)
2/26 at 10:00am - Equipment DUE back

My Documentary Interview Plan, Blog 3

Our Expert Interview is Ebony Valentino. We will shoot in a professional setting or outdoors. We want to set a comfortable, relaxed, and intimate tone in our expert interview.

Our ten questions:

What's your name?
How did you come up with the name Ebony Valentino?
How did you become interested in being a female illusionist?
Did any mentors help get you started?
How would you describe your relationship with your Drag personna?
How much time do you spend preparing for your role as Ebony Valentino in your personal life?
How would you describe your sexuality?
What do you think people think about female illusionists?
Is there anything you want people to know about female illusionists that you feel is important?
What're your favorite and least favorite aspects about performing in shows?

We will do our Vox Pops either right outside Ibiza or in another location depending on availability.

Vox Pops Questions:
1. What's your name?
2. How has your experience watching drag shows been?
3. How do you feel about drag queens?
4. What are some stereotypes you have heard about drag queens?

Thoughts About Light, Blog 2

For my inside space I'm observing the inside of Randall Library. I'm sitting at a table in the middle right by the entrance and the main iPrint station. Ahead of me, rows of fluorescent ceiling lights illuminate a sea of desks and chairs with bright, even light. The lights closest to an office on the left cast billowing vertical streaks on a wall. The streaks are defined by hard shadows near the ceiling that fade into diffused, consistent lighting halfway down the wall. The consistent spacing of rows of the same lights lends Club Randall an energizing, vibrant glow. It also allows for a high dynamic range of shades with very little contrast.

For my outdoor space I decided to observe the front of Randall looking out towards the clock tower. As I write this it’s 11:20pm and the sky is pitch black. Streetlights around the dark pathways ahead offer a meek, pale glow that is easily swallowed up by the night. They cast dim, diffused circles on the ground below that leave the landscape looking mottled and spotty. The outlines of treetops are barely distinguishable against a deep purple sky that I doubt anything but a long exposure shot would reveal. A beautiful feature of this scene is the bright circular clock tower. If its light reflects from any surface I can’t tell, but it shines directly into my eyes reminding me that it’s time to submit this already extended assignment.