tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43276910124245629402024-03-05T08:21:20.759-08:00Slutcracker DreamsAlpha Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16852767989881022218noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327691012424562940.post-76754230833235588062012-12-10T08:37:00.001-08:002012-12-10T08:37:34.562-08:00Shit Burlesque Dancers Say!I have an amazing amount of footage! The crazy thing is I can still think of little pieces I would like to add. My documentary can't end up being a 7 hour movie where they serve you breakfast and lunch soooo edit, trim, cut here we go!<br />
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As I have been cleaning up my hard drives (I confess they have become a little unorganized) I found a series of 4 shorts I created last winter with some of the cast of the Slutcracker: Sugar Dish, Femme Brûlée, Lolli Hoops and Abby Normal. The popular "Shit people say" videos were everywhere and so we created our own, here they are, 1,2,3 and 4.<br />
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<br />Alpha Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16852767989881022218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327691012424562940.post-83782375930302055662012-12-01T13:31:00.001-08:002012-12-01T20:55:42.253-08:00A busy December...It's snowing!<br />
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It's December and the Slutcracker is opening it's 5th season tonight with a sold out show!<br />
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This year has flown by faster then I can even comprehend. Last December I shot almost every Slutcracker show in so many different ways...slow motion, from the wings, mid shots, wide shots, evenings with 3 cameras shooting thanks to Sarah Paterson's camera resourcefulness and cameras shooting from the rain curtain overhead thanks to the ingenuity of Toby Chandler.<br />
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ABC nightline asked for some of the footage for a nutcracker special in which they were featuring Vanessa and the Slutcracker, a spectacular use of my footage! Happy to be shooting in HD!<br />
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My year has been busy, the biggest new adventure was having a baby! Julian Paul Pratt Van Daam was born on Monday, June 18th which also happened to be Paul McCartney's 70th birthday. Julian has already strummed his first guitar...just saying.<br />
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Learning to balance motherhood and filmmaking is my new challenge, I love a good puzzle and this one is constantly changing. I have started to edit again (I do have a documentary to finish!) and have found that if I can remain very sanguine I have no problem taking the moments I'm given and utilizing them.</div>
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This year my first Slutcracker promo was a petite parody on the book "50 shades of grey" - We called it "50 shades of Slutcracker". The idea was dreamed up by Femme Brûlée (Robyn Girgosian) and then taken down the torrid path of creativity by Sugar Dish (Vanessa White) and lastly I translated the idea to video. I utilized footage from the 2011 season and the "Arabian"music from the Filharmonie Bruno's recording of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker (commissioned by Vanessa and John for the Slutcracker!). </div>
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The first was for Torrent Engine 18. Katrina (who has been in the slutcracker in years past) put a call out for assistance after the filmmaker who was going to make their kickstarter video had his footage erased at an airport by customs. Maya Landi, Julian and I went to meet Katrina and E. Stephen at the firehouse. I shot the video with Julian in the baby bjorn that Femme Brûlée gave me (Awesome gift! Thank you!). Maya shot video of me shooting video while wearing Julian. I figure it's important to have these things documented. Here is a link to their kickstarter. It was a success! They received more then double the amount they were asking for.</div>
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The second shoot with Julian occurred on monday, Slutcracker load in. I finally caught the moment! Amy the giant candy cane penis getting unloaded from the truck and wheeled into the back of the Somerville theatre. Somehow I have missed it every year. A big thanks to Malice in Wonderland who filmed me filming - I had Julian snug in the bjorn. This time wrapped and hatted up, it was chilly out!</div>
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I wanted to make one more Slutcracker promo before the show opened. I am thrilled to say it is up and live floating through the world wide web.This piece I wanted to have more of a documentary feel. A little behind the scenes, a few fantastic quotes and then the beautiful footage of the show itself. Footage of the provocative Amanda Palmer, Jo Weldon, Jonny Porkpie and It wouldn't have been complete without a Slutmas eve quote from Mehran who will be opening most of the shows this season. I find that editing is like putting a puzzle together and half of the time is spent finding pieces that might fit. I found all kinds of beautiful moments that never made the cut, sometimes it's so hard to delete your little darlings. But, I'm happy with the end result. </div>
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<br />Alpha Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16852767989881022218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327691012424562940.post-38177835440230448662011-12-07T05:17:00.001-08:002011-12-07T10:58:35.283-08:00"Slutcracker Dreams" Back in Production!Well, I spoke to soon....<br />
We are back in production! Filming this beautiful holiday burlesque in it's fourth year - Our third year filming. New casting, delicious new moves and some costume upgrades all continue to make the Slutcracker up her game. Cast A and B are very different and it's been interesting filming them both opening weekend. I'm looking forward to this coming weekend. Of course in the process I need another hard drive...again. This is one of those moments that I feel thankful that I'm not shooting with a red camera. I think I would choose to work on a narrative film and not a documentary when having to store so much footage.<br />
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As I continue shooting my quest for what to edit this feature on gets a slight reprieve and I enrolled in yet another class in final cut X. I'm on the fence, I feel that apple is changing some of the things that people have been clamoring about and yet the program still feels foreign to me. I realize that Final 7 did take some time for me to be comfortable on it as well and with an open mind X might provide some things that 7 doesn't. To name that most important is easy...Keywords. You can imbed keywords into marked areas in footage. It doesn't sound like much but when dealing with hours of footage it could make life easier and editing go a little faster. I will make my decision by new years so I have a few more weeks to explore my options.<br />
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Here is the new Promo if you haven't seen it yet:)<br />
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<br />Alpha Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16852767989881022218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327691012424562940.post-47731344832457177202011-11-10T19:26:00.001-08:002011-11-10T21:04:49.339-08:00Walter Murch and Slut Promo 2011In my quest for editing genius it came to my attention that a true master of the art of editing and sound design was speaking in Boston, Walter Murch. He edited such films as Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, The Conversation and was going to be speaking about his craft, process and final cut X. <br />
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His lecture in a nutshell had some inspiring thoughts....number one being Fungibility. He defined the word fungible: "being of such nature as to be freely exchangeable or replaceable, in whole or in part, for another of like nature or kind". He described the amount of footage he had to manage when cutting "Apocalypse Now" - 7 Tons - (This was not fungible). What is fungible is this new era of digital video and many exchangeable hard drives, of course personally I am finding my constant need for more hard drives a little overwhelming.</div>
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He is a huge proponent of standing when you edit, something I am happy to say I agree with. My editing station is up on a workbench, 2 monitors and a stool in case I need to sit or rest my foot on something. He reflected on his thoughts about standing to edit and how it's like being a Chef or a Conductor...they stand.</div>
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I met the "Black Swan" editor Andrew Weisblum very briefly after his lecture - long enough for a photo:) It was fascinating to hear him talk about his process working with the director and dissecting and translating the script for Black Swan into the visual landscape that they choose. All in all it was an inspiring evening just what I needed to get back to my work bench and edit this years Slutcracker Promo.<br />
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In going through footage for the piece I found some beautiful footage that I have shot in slow motion last year. I had met with Vanessa and we decided to use some new music for this years piece. Last years Russian works so perfectly that it was hard to imagine using anything else but luckily Vanessa suggested the last minute of the sugar plum fairy - I love it. It gave me a little more time to linger on some clips but still had a crescendo to bring me to a sturdy finish. Please take a look - comment if you like it:)<br />
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In all my searching I also found some nice clips of Amanda Palmer, Jo Weldon and Johnny Porkpie! So it looks like I'll be creating another piece maybe more like last years "Inner Slutcracker"...coming soon!<br />
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Our first Slutcracker audience engagement! Who knows...next up a wedding???<br />
This summer I burnt a DVD for their wedding - Something to show their guests.<br />
Thinking back on it it's not often that you have an engagement on film usually it's the wedding that gets taped. Well, best of luck to them and here is the first "sneak peak" from "Slutcracker Dreams"!!!Alpha Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16852767989881022218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327691012424562940.post-67923741575769070822011-10-17T12:34:00.000-07:002011-10-17T12:34:24.722-07:00Working on the Slutcracker Promo 2011!As I am reviewing footage looking for clips for this years youtube promo I am reminded of how wonderful a community this is. Vanessa White in creating this witty burlesque not only created a holiday classic that has people already buying tickets but she enabled a community of artists to work together in an amazing cohesive nature. Cheers to the Slutcracker!<br />
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I am attaching the 2 promos that I created last year and will hopefully have something shiny and new for you to look at soon.<br />
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<br /></div>Alpha Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16852767989881022218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327691012424562940.post-88362805428567996332011-10-05T13:22:00.000-07:002011-10-05T13:22:13.944-07:00More Hard drives and the search for AsylumAsylum: shelter or protection from the need for more hard drives...<br />
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Such is the fate of the digital filmmaker...At least the drives are getting bigger!<br />
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3 Terebyte back up drive received and used to copy my system drive. Daemeon ran a diagnostic and found the old drive was running at 40% of the speed it should have been. Time to run an errand...store...new 3 T hard drive to replace the old system drive. I revealed some of my lack of tech savey when I discovered that deskstar is owned by Hitachi - who knew? not me.<br />
So... needless to say this dance of the hard drives is coming to a close. Daemeon just copied the old drive onto the new and I'm convinced that this drive has enough speed to also do the dishes as I continue to edit.<br />
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Meanwhile... in my life with my camera - It is always a pleasure to film interesting artists!<br />
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ORG: Asylum the brainchild of Mali occured in all is insanity on Friday evening. The show was well curated. I was thrilled to see <a href="http://www.mimetheatre.com/">Karen Montanaro</a> perform a beautiful piece, mime, mask and dance. <br />
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"The Madness and Moving Pictures of <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/popecinema">Michael Pope</a>" Delivered storytelling that continued to capture my attention even after he stopped speaking... he continued, dimly lit, painting Sarah Paterson into a beauteous living statue. Other Musical high lights included the duo <a href="http://www.carlakihlstedt.com/">Hello</a> <a href="http://matthiasbossi.com/">Dust</a> and Mali <a href="http://www.jaggery.org/">Jaggery</a> took the stage with passion and authority.<br />
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The evenings event closed with a performance art audience experience brought by <a href="http://www.amandapalmer.net/content/news">Amanda Palmer</a> - nothing quite like putting the audience in the dark! We will see what all the footage looks like...I know I could see people that look like blue ghosts running through the room... very dark blue ghosts....<br />
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Alpha Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16852767989881022218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327691012424562940.post-71039542442284538182011-09-28T17:51:00.000-07:002011-09-28T17:51:06.624-07:00Hard Drive, Beaver and my brother PaulAs I await the arrival of another...hard drive to back up my system before installing Lion and Final Cut X I have been putting the finishing touches on a short promo I created for the show "Beaver". Another project from the creative mind of Vanessa White as she brings her brand of politics to the stage. <a href="http://www.BostonTeaseParty.com/">www.BostonTeaseParty.com</a><br />
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On a personal note, today is my brother Paul's birthday. He would have been 29. He died in a car accident September 7th 2003. One of the things I love to remember about him is how he loved people; Especially people who were different then he was. He showed patience, compassion and kindness that I can still aspire to.<br />
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In todays political climate I believe that we have lost sight of the simple fact that we are all people - We the people of the United States of America. Race, religion, and sexual preference do not change the fact that we are still people. The constitution was written for us, not the banks, corporations and insurance companies which are bleeding our nation dry. Paul's traits of kindness, compassion and intelligence, are some of the tools we will need in these upcoming years. I find it hard to understand the people in the political limelight who are so blatantly crusading against our freedom in the name of liberty and patriotism. So, I continue to remind myself that they are still people.<br />
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"My religion is kindness" - Dalai Lama<br />
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<br />Alpha Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16852767989881022218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327691012424562940.post-80046684057462181712011-09-23T10:04:00.000-07:002011-09-23T10:15:24.960-07:00Our Bodies Ourselves - 40th Birthday Fundraiser<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Last night I filmed the 40th "Birthday Bash" Cabaret & Fundraiser for the non-profit organization Our Bodies Ourselves aka The Boston Women's Health Book Collective. Like many people at last night's event I have memories of this amazing informative book. So, of course I bought a copy of their new 40th anniversary edition while I was there. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">For information about the organization and their books - <a href="http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/">www.ourbodiesourselves.org</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I filmed from the catwalk at Oberon <a href="http://www.cluboberon.com/">www.cluboberon.com</a> always fun, but a challenge when the performers are somewhere other then the stage. So, I also brought my Panasonic Lumix to attempt to capture the stairs, bar and walk through the audience shots. I can't adjust the picture manually, which makes me put that Canon T1 higher on my wish list but... it does offer to capture footage at 720p HD and frankly looks pretty good for a hand held snapshot camera. I originally bought it to shoot underwater (33ft!!!) but...I have yet to experiment with that feature. I'm thinking...Mermaids? <a href="http://www.mermagica.com/">www.mermagica.com</a> link thanks to sugar dish! <a href="http://www.sugardishfairy.com/">www.sugardishfairy.com</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Some of the performers of last night's show are also in "Slutcracker Dreams". It's always a treat to see them out in this vibrant Boston scene; That frankly wouldn't be the same without them. Robin Maxfield was the MC, Malice in Wonderland performed with Rogue Burlesque and Lolli Hoops did a glorious number with Little L - an amazing ode to Rosie the Riveter.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sugar Dish, Mary Widow and Karin Webb together performed "Our Bodies Ourselves" a beautiful, dance, cabaret, burlesque piece that really brought the book to the stage. I felt the piece honored the evening in a most elegant way. My personal Fav!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A full list of the talented performers who donated their skill and time:</span><br />
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As I write these stories I will also be posting pieces of video and snapshots - interesting tidbits to tantalize the taste buds. So, follow this blog <a href="http://slutcrackerdreams.blogspot.com/">http://slutcrackerdreams.blogspot.com/</a>, our twitter feed <a href="http://twitter.com/Alphagirlfilms">http://twitter.com/Alphagirlfilms</a> or "like" AlphaGirlFilms on Facebook and you'll get every notice. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We will also eventually have <a href="http://www.alphagirlfilms.com/">www.alphagirlfilms.com</a> up and operational. Please pass it on to anyone who you think may be interested. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Slutcracker Dreams" - A Documentary on "The Slutcracker", A Burlesque retelling of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet created for international audiences by the fabulous Vanessa White aka SugarDish. If you haven't seen it yet....It will be playing in Somerville, MA at the Somerville theatre and you can keep up with Slutcracker information on Facebook or at <a href="http://www.theslutcracker.com/">www.theslutcracker.com</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So, lets get started! First I want to send some thanks out:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Vanessa White! for creating a spectacular show and bringing together a community of richly talented individuals to realize your vision and giving me the opportunity to film you for Ohhhh so many days:)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Tarah Alton for the fabulous Alpha Girl Illustrations she is creating for me!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Also I want to thank everyone who is in the film and took the time to be interviewed. I am looking forward to a full review of the footage and the opportunity to see all your performances once again.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As some of you know....I have amassed quite a bit of footage in the last 2 years and technology is a fickle mistress. There always seems to be one more terabyte of storage needed or now, the decision to upgrade to Final Cut X. What to do? Editors I have spoken to have all seemed to be going back to the Avid. Daemeon has been working on a way that I could potentially run both FC 7 and X off my one computer. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The quandary of course is that anything I have done in 7 is not transferable to X. Well, that will be figured out in the next couple days and then we will be off and watching!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thank you for reading and I look forward to this epic journey of Slutcracker Dreams!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Julia Van Daam - Director and Visionary</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">PS If you have had any Slutcracker Dreams and want to share please be in touch:)</span>Alpha Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16852767989881022218noreply@blogger.com1