Mentor Meeting and Slight Changes

I had my meeting with Mr. Cass. We went over the importance again of naming and filing through my work. We will keep one set of files on the external hard drive, and one on a specific computer for me to use in digital media lab as back up. In addition, throughout my film, I want to diversify locations, age groups, etc. to keep it from being monotonous. This means that I should be splitting up scenes and interviews that are similar throughout the film, instead of, for example, putting all of the Ithaca Farmers Market interviews one after the other, in a row.

We also have started to think about how I want to proceed with the opening of the documentary. I know that I want it to both explain my project but also captivate people to make them want to watch. Therefore, I've decided to tweek the way I'm approaching the editing and continued filming process. As I've been progressing through shooting, I've decided that I want to make the documentary a bit more personal. It's going to be impossible to capture all the places and ideas that are pertinent to the culture of Ithaca. Instead, I'm still looking to answer the same question, but putting more of a personal twist on it, to interview others but also look through more of my own lens.

This also gives me a bit more freedom in script writing and storyboarding for myself. I can also find different sayings and mention them, although they might be a bit cliche, about what Ithaca is/means.

Also, I'm so sorry I haven't been posting exactly regularly. I'm trying to keep up but I was away this past Thursday through Sunday, without internet access. Anyway, here's a picture I found online of one of the pithy sayings about Ithaca (plus a bonus FLEFF sticker and an environmentally conscious one. So Ithaca.)