The Weblog of Catherine Bell: Forgetting to Blog
Sunday, Feb 23 2003, 12:43
Have been bad, bad, bad at forgetting my diary. I apologise profusely! (love that word). Again lots seems to have happened, but this is perhaps due to the lengthy intervals between entries. I have been busy collaborating (stalking a film student shamelessly for advice). On sunday Bonnie (my dancer) and I got up with a dirty hangover and walked to her beach (yes, it's her beach!).
I was wrapped up warm in 2 coats, hat, mittens, and wellies (felt v. horse and hounds), Bonnie however was bare foot and freezing.Felt like a meany but it was all in the name of art! She looked very pale, like a ghost, I knew this was because her head was screaming and she wanted to be anywhere but on the snowy beach, however, this came out very well on film, she looked ethereal.
It was fantastico seeing the sea in such a beautiful light and so unusual to have snow on the beach, was very happy and peaceful for a moment!I released her eventually and we sat and thawed out by the fire and watched the footage.
Last week was spent editing all afternoon, some of the process was a bit tedious but it was so exciting when we got to play with the 'effects' like colour and putting musique on it and cross fades and zooms and additive dissolves! (I didn't actually ever try that one cos it sounds v. scary!).
Then, hey presto, bien sur, inevitably, the computer crashed! What did I write about computers and me before? (answers on a postcard please). Anyhow my work wasn't lost so I was not the end of the world, it just felt like it for that afternoon! Now my film is complete and I think I am quite happy with it, problem is I'm not desperate to show bonnie cos the stuff in the sea-I didn't use most of it! She's going to murder me. Och well!
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