06-12-2013, 05:14 PM
All right. I'll try to grab a copy. But just to let you know, I made a major blunder yesterday.
Typically I'm the "go to guy" for the two camermen. I mean, no one walks into frame and past them as naturally and candidly as I do. They're always running ahead, setting up, and then here I come, nonchalantly passing by. This could all make for an outstanding meditation videotape, different settings, lightings, angles, but all basically the same shot, and it has the effect of lulling you into a deep state of tranquility. But late yesterday I got distracted by the scenery. Usually I'm more professional than that and am always attentive only to the cameramen's needs.
Here's how it unfolded. I'm at the Summer Palace posing at lakeside for the cameramen with the boats behind me. Then in my peripheral vision (I have very good peripheral vision) I notice this woman maneuvering about, looking me over, trying to get a better look at my face. I mean, she comes in really close, and she's being very nonchalant about it, pretending to look at the water. But I can see she's really looking me over. Finally she heads off, and she's with this guy -- husband or boyfriend, who knows -- and they're walking off. And it's a puzzler, I'm trying to figure her out, mostly because of her t-shirt, which says, "I'm not easy, but we can discuss it." And that's when, as I'm walking off, I look into the camera. Just for a second, mind you, but still, very very unprofessional, and if it ends up in the final cut, I'm going to look so amateurish.
So today I'm redoubling my efforts not to be distracted by anything around me and cater entirely to the needs of the cameramen. That' what this is all about, after all.
Next time, I'll tell you about the boy with the big ears. That was at the Lama Temple.
--cranefly
Typically I'm the "go to guy" for the two camermen. I mean, no one walks into frame and past them as naturally and candidly as I do. They're always running ahead, setting up, and then here I come, nonchalantly passing by. This could all make for an outstanding meditation videotape, different settings, lightings, angles, but all basically the same shot, and it has the effect of lulling you into a deep state of tranquility. But late yesterday I got distracted by the scenery. Usually I'm more professional than that and am always attentive only to the cameramen's needs.
Here's how it unfolded. I'm at the Summer Palace posing at lakeside for the cameramen with the boats behind me. Then in my peripheral vision (I have very good peripheral vision) I notice this woman maneuvering about, looking me over, trying to get a better look at my face. I mean, she comes in really close, and she's being very nonchalant about it, pretending to look at the water. But I can see she's really looking me over. Finally she heads off, and she's with this guy -- husband or boyfriend, who knows -- and they're walking off. And it's a puzzler, I'm trying to figure her out, mostly because of her t-shirt, which says, "I'm not easy, but we can discuss it." And that's when, as I'm walking off, I look into the camera. Just for a second, mind you, but still, very very unprofessional, and if it ends up in the final cut, I'm going to look so amateurish.
So today I'm redoubling my efforts not to be distracted by anything around me and cater entirely to the needs of the cameramen. That' what this is all about, after all.
Next time, I'll tell you about the boy with the big ears. That was at the Lama Temple.
--cranefly