jim sitton
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I had to go to hell and back for B-roll...
I had to go to hell and back for B-roll...
I too am a Christian (though not catholic) and I don't see any problem with a red cross. In my mind it represents the blood of the sacrifice that was made.Bear in mind that I NEVER read anyone else's critique before I write mine...
As a Christian, first, I thought it quite disturbing to see a red cross behind your priest subject. What was the thought behind that? It almost, in my mind, cancels out ANYTHING he says...? Though I understand that I may, or may not, represent your audience...?
Beyond that, I enjoyed everything else, and the editing was quite "slick".
I dun know... it just distracted me too much and all I could think, and see, was the RED CROSS. Just a personal issue. It was a cool, and interesting, story none the less...I too am a Christian (though not catholic) and I don't see any problem with a red cross. In my mind it represents the blood of the sacrifice that was made.
T Why would a red cross cancel anything said?
Now that I think about it, it should have been a Crucifix instead of a cross since he represents catholicism...
I saw a red cross in a stained glass church window the other day and all I could think of was you.I dun know... it just distracted me too much and all I could think, and see, was the RED CROSS. Just a personal issue. It was a cool, and interesting, story none the less...
See, that sh!t's freaky...!?!I saw a red cross in a stained glass church window the other day and all I could think of was you.
Please, stop Haunting me!!
First of all let me say that we are all still learning. I've been shooting local news in medium markets for many years. Sometimes I still feel wholly inadequate. A few days at NPPA bootcamp in Norman OK. is the only training I've had and that was 15 years into my career. I've tried to learn from the best photogs around me thru the years but there's not many opportunities to rub elbows with Network level shooters so mostly it's been trial and error. Case in point-Jim, I love watching stories that remind me simultaneously how infinitely creative our craft can be, and how infinitely much more I have to learn!
That being said, I wondered if you could explain your motivation for the effect you used about 3/4 of the way through the story that involved the trapezoid shape (am I getting the shape right?)? I liked where you went with it at the very end of the sequence, but when it first showed up I thought it was kind of distracting because I didn't really know why it was there or why I should be focusing on it.
And as far as the cross goes, I would have NEVER in a million years guessed that you freakin' MADE that out of cardboard! I wish I had the artistic know-how or confidence to start rocking a pair of box-cutters and card-board to make something as spooky and cool as that. And when you say you keyed a candle flickering on it, what do you mean by that? You're saying that it was a layered effect? Watching it I just thought that you simply had one of those red candles from your reporter's standup flickering just below it.
Overall I thought it was siiiick. Job well done.