Shooting Yourself !
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2006 10:09 pm
In Willy's last message he mentioned asking someone else to shoot the scenes where he appears in his next movie. That is indeed the usual way to do it ... but regular contributor to this forum, Ian Gardner, has made several movies where he is the lead performer or is conducting interviews. I think this is unusual.
For specialised purposes many movie makers have done this:
I think Ken Wilson, Ken McRonald and John Astin also shot themselves when they recorded thoughts on judges for a talk I was giving. (Richard Curry also contributed but I believe Gerald Mee shot his piece.)
Many top fiction film makers recorded themselves for Ken Wilson's DVD to accompany his articles on film making. (It's in the IAC video library as V302 (MiniDV) V303 (DVD) "Take One".)
Albert Noble included himself in sequences for his tutorial on animation. (Also in the library V299 (VHS) / V300 (S-VHS) / V301 (MiniDV - 2 tapes) "Animation Animates Any Mate".)
I did it for the collection of British movies I assembled for our German speaking friends a few years ago.
Many judges do it if they cannot attend the presentation ceremonies for the awards.
But for "normal" use in documentaries and fiction movies ... has anyone else included themselves without asking another person to direct those scenes?
Dave
For specialised purposes many movie makers have done this:
I think Ken Wilson, Ken McRonald and John Astin also shot themselves when they recorded thoughts on judges for a talk I was giving. (Richard Curry also contributed but I believe Gerald Mee shot his piece.)
Many top fiction film makers recorded themselves for Ken Wilson's DVD to accompany his articles on film making. (It's in the IAC video library as V302 (MiniDV) V303 (DVD) "Take One".)
Albert Noble included himself in sequences for his tutorial on animation. (Also in the library V299 (VHS) / V300 (S-VHS) / V301 (MiniDV - 2 tapes) "Animation Animates Any Mate".)
I did it for the collection of British movies I assembled for our German speaking friends a few years ago.
Many judges do it if they cannot attend the presentation ceremonies for the awards.
But for "normal" use in documentaries and fiction movies ... has anyone else included themselves without asking another person to direct those scenes?
Dave