Post-Production
Somewhere throughout the filmmaking process I lost touch with the heart of my film. I had forgotten exactly what it was that made me want...
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Megan MacDonald
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Founder of Dawning Film Productions
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Megan MacDonald
Mar 31, 20193 min read
Our Ship She's Ready to Bear Away
The final cut of my "Leaden Hearts" trailer Throughout my production process thus far, one of my greatest challenges has been choosing...
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Megan MacDonald
Mar 23, 20194 min read
"The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft a-gley" ~ Robert Burns, "To a Mouse"
Above is my shooting plan for the scenes in my film that would take place on location at the Stirling Old Town Jail. Once I learned of...
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Megan MacDonald
Mar 18, 20193 min read
Trailer Structure
Challenges and Solutions After watching the first cut of my trailer on the big screen in the cinema it became glaringly clear to me that...
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Megan MacDonald
Mar 7, 20192 min read
How experimental can historical fiction be?
I always knew that I was never what you would call an "experimental" artist or filmmaker, but I didn't realize just how safe I was. I...
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Megan MacDonald
Mar 4, 20191 min read
Documentary Interviews
One of the lectures we had recently was about filming interviews for documentaries. I always thought this was pretty standard: sit...
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Megan MacDonald
Feb 3, 20192 min read
The F-ing Stop
(*A title jokingly suggested by Jim Burns, but I could find no other title more fitting!) This week we examined cinematography and the...
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Megan MacDonald
Nov 29, 20182 min read
Concept Feasibility
The closer I get to the full formation of my project, or at least to creating a finished script/shooting schedule/budget, etc., naturally...
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Megan MacDonald
Nov 25, 20182 min read
Creating a link to memory with objects
The use of slow motion proved to be effective in my last experiment. I was thinking of the physical action of remembering: some memories...
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Megan MacDonald
Nov 22, 20182 min read
Further Experimentation
Through my experimentation last week, I wanted to explore more deeply within the theory of Defamiliarization. I wanted to find ways to...
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Megan MacDonald
Nov 19, 20181 min read
History
As part of week 6 in Experimental Media, we were asked to create a project within our groups that addressed History. Within our group, we...
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Megan MacDonald
Oct 28, 20182 min read
Emergence
This past week I have been ridiculously ill. I honestly cannot remember a time I have been this ill for this long. At one point I swear I...
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Megan MacDonald
Oct 25, 20181 min read
Exercises
Here are two of the films that were created within the Practical Workshop class. These pieces represent experimentation with two of the...
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Megan MacDonald
Oct 8, 20183 min read
Preparing for the Presentation
Although I am quite fond of all four ideas that I discussed in my previous blog post, the one that stands out the most is "The Box" idea....
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Megan MacDonald
Oct 3, 20182 min read
Conception!
As it stands, I have 4 ideas that I am trying to flesh out for my proposal. These ideas came to me in the most random of places: walking...
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Megan MacDonald
Sep 30, 20182 min read
Group Work Process Update
My group for Experimental Media met again last week, to discuss our upcoming experimental media project. We were able to come up with a...
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Megan MacDonald
Sep 26, 20181 min read
"Create A Pitch or Project" - Week 2
We were broken up into groups and given the task of creating a pitch for, or rough example of an experimental media/video piece. We had...
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Megan MacDonald
Sep 16, 20182 min read
Reading #3:“The Language of Media Software,” in The Imaginary App by Lev Manovich
Unfortunately this reading was also a bit too dense for me to quite follow as much of it as I would like. But, I did learn some new...
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Megan MacDonald
Sep 16, 20182 min read
Reading #2: "Finite Media: Environmental Implications of Digital Technologies" by Sean Cubitt
I'll admit - this one was a little dense. However, I somehow managed to take something, or a few things, away from it. The first being:...
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Megan MacDonald
Sep 15, 20182 min read
MSc in Filmmaking & Media Arts Post-Grad: Week 1 - Reading 1
#UofG #postcinema Welcome to the first post of my post-grad program, Filmmaking & Media Arts! Currently I'm not much of a blogger but who...
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