Match Made in Heaven

Battle of the Bands: City vs. Country

Dress Rehearsal

Dance of the Meerkats

Banjo Serenade

Marketing a new brand

Summer Serenade

Orange Hats

I decided to post about the pole dancing on my other blog and post images related to drawings on this blog.  Please follow me on the other blog for info about the documentary if you wish and feel free to share it with others.The address is:
http://michelebeckart.blogspot.com/

Matching Clothes

Some beginnings

Like any art work, making a documentary is a birth of sorts.  It's long, painful and laborious and somehow after going through the whole process, you want to do it again.

                                         Birth of Venus by Alexandre Cabanel

So, here I am again in the beginning stages of a new documentary project.  At the moment, I am laying down some groundwork and letting my ideas percolate.  I drafted a letter today to my teacher telling her about the project and asking for her feedback on how to proceed.  It has taken weeks to draft this email, but it is almost complete and ready to send.   After this, I will create a storyboard, which I will use to help pitch the project and also help me to organize my ideas.  Otherwise, I have 2 cameras (a DSLR and a regular video camera)  at my disposal and need to figure out which one I want to use.  In order to figure this out I have been doing short interviews with people I know.  The DSLR shoots a beautiful image, which is perhaps a little too beautiful and perfect at times.  I have noticed watching other people's work that this kind of image can almost be distracting.  I also find the camera a bit difficult to focus and manipulate at times, so I may end up using the video camera, which also shoots a great image, but allows me to feel like I can move around.  Well, I have another interview planned for today with DSLR and I will see how that goes.

So, that is all for now.  I look forward to sending the letter off to my teacher and getting her response. If she gives me the sense that the school will be open and supportive of the project then things will start to roll.

Step by Step

I had my pole dancing class today and was intending on bringing up the idea of the documentary to the other women in the class, but I didn't feel like I found the right moment. After class when the the group dispersed I ended speaking with just one of the women and was able to present the idea of the documentary to her.  She was very supportive and excited and was more than happy to talk about it although said that she would not be comfortable being on film.  She said it may be a problem for her work and public persona. I understand and am not surprised that she said this. I imagine that many of the women will respond in a similar way.  It is interesting that pole dancing and especially the kind of pole dancing we do at S Factor, which involves a real exploration of each persons personal sense of sensuality and eroticism carries a stigma.

I am glad I was able to speak with this woman today and talk to the entire group at once. It was a good place to start and it helps me to clarify my thoughts.