So Far So Good

Yesterday filming started. It was supposed to be the easy part of the film. I am just shooting the natural scenes. Ones that need no acting. I have placed them into the film, added the old technique and it looks good. The nice thing about the film being silent and all scratchy is that you don't need to worry about saying anything and any mistakes in filming are greatly alleviated due to the old fashioned effect which purposely weakens the quality of the film, hiding things that would otherwise not look right.

I have a song picked out and recorded that last night also. An old polka from the 20s that sounds more Sousa than polka. I have a feeling that copyright will not be a problem with this stuff. Heck I could have the last copy there is.

To shoot the scenes of planes flying I have been working on two things. One is hanging model planes (which I have an abundance of) in front of a white sheet and move the camera to simulate movement. I have done this and it has come out pretty good. The second way is to get images straight from another movie. Howard Hughes's Hell's Angels has perfect sequences for that. I was not able to translate that into a video format that I could work with till my wife suggested filming it off of the screen. I didn't think it would work but surprisingly it did.

So the next thing is to see copyright laws. I doubt that this would infringe upon anybody's copyright as everything I am using is old and I am not doing this to make money. But I'll still check to make sure.

As I was reading about the different literacies for class this week one came out and struck me. The visual one. I have known all my life that I see things better than read things. Hence my love for history. I excelled in the class due to my ability to picture what we were reading. By picking this project and making a movie I guess I am showing my full fledged support of visual literacy. I think at times though it is hard for a visual learner in school where things are often set in the written word. I had a hard time feeling that this project would be acceptable as I am so use to writing a term paper. I guess we all have our different abilities and while my wife is analytical and needs everything explained fully, I have always been able to see things in my head and can't often find the words to convey those ideas to her. The decor of our house is a perfect example. We got to the point where I stopped trying to explain my plans to her and just did it. She can't believe how I can see the things before they are done and I still don't know how to convey these thoughts to things she can understand. So we just go that way and its saves on the fights.