cameraless filmmaking

So far i'm really enjoying cameraless filmmaking. i have very little prior experience with it but im really enjoying the newness of it all. at first i was a little hesitant about it. ive always been a very narrative-oriented person. narrative film was always what i planned to do. it has always been what ive wanted to do. i was never really interested in doc or experimental. but i think that was just because i had never really been exposed to it before. the more i play around and experiment with experimental film, and more specifically, cameraless filmmaking, though, the more i like it and the more i can see why some people like it so much and concentrate so much on it as opposed to other types of filmmaking.

i have really enjoyed learning all the different techniques and all that you can do to the actual film; no camera necessary! it has opened my eyes to so much that i never knew was possible. it has helped me be so much more open minded and willing to look at things in a different light.

i think im going to have to say that the magazine transfer has been my favorite kind of cameraless filmmaking so far. there was just something about taking parts and pieces of one thing and making something totally different. its one of the most unique things ive ever seen! i can definitely see how people can get so into this kind of thing. i never thought i would enjoy this so much but there is so much freedom with something like this. you can do whatever you want and if you can figure out something to try, no matter how crazy or how much it doesnt make sense, you can still try it cause you never know what will happen. with all the rules and structures of narrative and docs, there's no way you could try anything. for the most part you stay within whats expected or normal for fear of scrutiny. i know i care a lot, and probably too much about what other people think about me and the work that i do. you put all this time and effort into something, you want it to be able to have an effect on people, a good effect.

Not only will cameraless filmmaking help me in the film industry, i think it is going to help me in my life too. it is going to teach me to think outside the box in all aspects of life. i think it will also help me to become more open with my ideas in camera filmmaking and make me a much more creative person. i now know that there are always going to be other ways to make things work.

Next up i'm pretty excited about the exposing the film to light project. i watched the sample projects that you posted on your blog and it looks like a really cool technique and im really interested to see exactly how it works. its been really interesting thinking about objects to bring in since last week and getting even more suggestions in class the other day. i can now see things in a completely different way. the other day as I was making cupcakes with my roommates, all i could think was i wonder how it would look to put some of the sprinkles on the film for the light project. best homework assignment ever. i mean, how often do you find yourself accidently doing class work? i know that it definitely doesnt happen to me very often. usually im having to force myself to do it. ;)