Thursday, June 18, 2009

The planing of a documentary

I guess this whole documentary thing is now filling most of my thoughts. Hopefully I will get to interview a local girl that is not only a comic fan but an aspiring artist as well. If things go well I will have a sneak peak at what the feel of the documentary will be like plus I am thinking that I will start shooting some behind the scenes footage as well. I want to document just what I have been doing to get ready for this event and all the equipment I have bought. Like today I purchased a portable flash based recording device along with some other recording gear. I was actually surprised to find this device because it wasn't where I would have normally looked from the place where I buy all my sound equipment from. As it turns out I was able to get an eight track recorder and mic mixer for a little over $200.

Anyway things are beginning to look like this is going to work. I still wish I had more help but in someways being a maverick has its advantages. If you have too big of a crew in a jam packed space like the Comic Con convention then things can work against you. It's my goal to get a lot of small interviews along with intermittent footage that shows just how big this event is. There are a lot of things that will be going on during this convention and I want to try and catch some of the things that set San Diego Comic Con apart from other comic book conventions. Show why out of all the conventions, this is the one that has the greatest impact on the industry and its fans.