The filming experience for the documentary interview project was incredible. The chemistry between our group members was awesome, we all worked so well together! The staff at Hardwire Tattoo were very welcoming and gave us the freedom to film just about whatever and wherever we wanted. Jason and Mike, the two artists we interviewed, had the best personalities and were so fun to work with. We interviewed them during regular business hours, which meant working with the excess noise in the shop. We were especially unsure of how the buzzing from tattoo guns would affect the interview, but in the end we loved our footage and the buzzing wasn't overbearing (in fact we liked having it in the background, as it is part of the tattooing experience & a characteristic of the shop and artist). All in all, everything went smoothly and we didn't encounter any major issues!
We originally planned on filming our vox pops in downtown Wilmington, but unfortunately the city did not approve our request in time. We were able to get approval from Flaming Amy's Burrito Bar for the same shooting day and it went as planned from there. At first we were waiting around for customers leaving the restaurant and either people were not interested/in a hurry or they did not have tattoos; our vox pop questions were specifically for people who have tattoos/have a positive attitude towards them so we had to typecast a bit. Once we filmed our first interview, the rest followed shortly after. Filming did not take long at all and we did not have to make any lighting adjustments adjustments.
I'm absolutely heart broken that we have to cut our incredible footage down to 2 minutes! We met some great people through this project and they provided us with amazing material. It will be difficult, but it makes me more excited for the final cut.
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