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Editing a Setback Sequence – Process
Previously, on A Life’s Work blog In a previous post I wrote about the process of editing a clip from the Black Gospel Music Restoration Project section of A Life’s Work. Since I’ve been working on...
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Fun!
Music Is Fun! When I was at VCCA, I had a conversation with a very fine writer, Randon Billings Noble, about our pasts as musicians and our presents as something other than musicians. Randon played...
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The Guest Bloggers
Over the years (yes, I can write that and mean it!), this blog has had some wonderful guest posts. Here’s a list of them. My Pursuit of Science Took an Ugly Turn by William Swearson (words) Bonsai...
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On-Camera Interview with Jeff Stein in the Can
One of the reasons I keep blogging is it seems to lead A Life’s Work down roads it might not otherwise go down. Case in point: Jeff Stein, AIA In the summer of 2012 I had the idea of conducting an...
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Tourist Eyes – Andy Bowley
Andy Bowley, cinematographer for much of A Life’s Work, heeded the call I sent out last post and emailed me this photograph. Andy writes: This was taken in the neighborhood where I live part time. It...
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Process: A Life’s Work and the Canon 5D by Guest Blogger Andy Bowley
Today’s post was written by cinematographer Andy Bowley and originally published in June 2010. I’m putting up this “encore post” because shooting video with the Canon 5D has recently come up several...
View ArticleTime Lapses
Where Does the Time GO? Wikipedia tells me that Georges Méliès first used time-lapse cinematography in his 1897 film Carrefour De L’Opera. Since then it has been used only god can count how many times....
View ArticleListen Up! A Clip featuring the SETI Institute’s Jill Tarter
Last week’s post, Please Forget Me, inspired a comment from friend and A Life’s Work subject Robert Darden: I teach my Journalism students that they need to be invisible when they do interviews. I...
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Filmmaker Clams
Years ago, a friend and I referred to running, inside joked, phrased, or expressiond as “clams.” I’m not sure where this came from, but I use it to this day. The process of filmmaking results in many...
View ArticleBirds of A Life’s Work
Like most people, birds fascinate me. I’m not a birder, not even close, but I enjoy listening to and looking at them. I also enjoy filming them, when they’ll cooperate, which isn’t often. Working with...
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Back to Arcosanti
Many years ago I worked in a record store where I spent a lot of my time flipping through the inventory to see what I was missing. One day I came across an LP I had not seen before. Front cover....
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How to Conduct an Interview, Part 2: Asking the Questions
Last week in How to Conduct an Interview Part 1, I dealt with preparation. This post features some pointers once you are sitting across from the interviewee with your questions in hand. Ready? Go!...
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Drone Pilot at Arcosanti: Guest Post by Cinematographer Andy Bowley
Today’s post was written by cinematographer Andy Bowley. i can’t remember if we drank a lot of beer that night. but i do remember parting ways with david, after a nice meal on the upper west side of...
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