The idea of a narrative sounded very interesting but due to creative differences, my partner and I decide to do a documentary. The hard part was finding a subject that would bounce off the screen with personality and charisma. My first choice was Lee Rogers but I hesitated to pursue her for the project. Lee Rogers is mistrustful of others. She doesn't connect very well with people and she believes she was a secret agent in the 80's, saving kids in an underground mission from a cannibal. I have approached Lee many times and I never know what I'm going to get. Most times she's a very nice individual, but there are times where she can get very agitated. It was my luck that I found her in the latter stage whenever I wanted to approach the idea of filming her.
My mission was to capture a woman who recently sued a filmmaker for putting out a documentary about her. I almost decided not to go on with it but little by little I realize that if I talked with her long enough, I was able to record her when she was calm. I recorded most of the footage and all the audio. I didn't know how to prepare for her so it was me deciding when and when not to film her.
I picked out some of the jazz in the video, as I felt that the beats complemented very well with the rhythm in Lee's voice. I edited a rough draft of the project but it did not come out the way I envisioned it. Maybe I was too close to my subject and I was trying to show more than the running time permitted.
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