This year was Regina’s 10th year Anniversary of the One Take Super 8 event, 24 films screened on September 30th. It was a night of excitement and nerves as Filmmakers friends and patrons of the event waited for the films to screen. I myself was a bundle of nerves as my film opened the evening’s festivities. This was my second year participating in the OTS8 in Regina and both events amazed me with the unique voice and vision of each filmmaker. This time I brought friends to experience the creative collective of Saskatchewan’s one take filmmakers and they walked out of the theatre at the end of the night excited that such a thing existed in the city of Regina. They were amazed that there was this small but mighty collection of people who participate year after year to have their films seen for the first time in front of an audience. A lot of things can go wrong on a shoot, I myself have tasted the disappointment of an out of focus image in front of a large audience, but I remind myself there’s always next year, and next time it will be bigger, better, and in focus!
The evening made me really appreciate the way others viewed the world. Ryan Hill’s Circles of Life, made me realize that there are circles everywhere I look I only have to look for them. Eric Hill’s film made me realize that wind-up toys can find true love, and Gerald Saul’s film “Rerun Amok” made me want to know how he did that? There were so many great films from the evening that I can’t mention them all in this blog, but I can say that I am in awe of the filmmakers that look at the world in ways I never would, and the 10th annual One Take Super 8 event made me awestruck.
2 comments:
thanks for the post and encouragement!
a thought that kept coming to me this year, was how much i've learnt about filmmaking over the years participating in the One Take Events. i, too, had focus problems, and now understand macro focus because of it. i feel like i am better at timing and keeping film ideas short and simple, and i have had some wonderful collaborations over the years, something i may not have had without this event.
i always run short on film, but like you said, there's always next year.
This was a great event not just my film(that everyone seemed to love) but all the films were great!!
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