I shot this feature film that is a triptych of three women’s lives living in NYC around 2010.
I learned so much about what I could bring to a film if I were to sync up with the director.
We were speaking of different things and we just weren’t on the same page – which is not helpful – but what happened when we started speaking the same language of “feeling” rather than camera placement, was nothing short of miraculous.
A camera person has an artistic bend in them that usually runs very deep and has lots of quirks and kinks. If you tell me you want this character to feel lonely to the audience – I got you – they will feel lonely from the outset allowing the actor to work from that to either accentuate or counter it. The camera is an instrument to be played as part of a grander symphony of motion, light, color, form, and shadow.
I am very proud of this work – because we all managed to stick to it and make something that has a little bit of ourselves in it – for a laughably tiny budget.