today we had a meet me at the corner filming at the kraine theatre on east fourth street (directly across from the la mama annex where k did her stage managing gig for my friend kendall's clown show). c interviewed christopher lueck about the history of clowning and his own clown work (new york downtown clown revue). it was a very fun and cute show and she even got to put a pie in his face . . !
it was very rainy when morgana and i drove uptown to the east side for a meet me at the corner filming at the metropolitan museum of art. i guess i decided to drive the car because i didn't feel like walking through the rain and cold! but then i had to find a parking spot . . luckily, i found one at a meter, but i knew when putting in my coins that i wouldn't be able to renew it! i was taking a chance on getting a ticket. still, i had two hours. (!)
donna said it wasn't easy getting permission to film in the museum. however, she persevered and permission was granted. she also asked for a curator who would enjoy working with a child . . the curator who morgana interviewed was wonderful. in addition to answering morgana's questions for the interview, she described the ideas behind pointillism and the use of color.
two museum workers oversaw the filming. it went very smoothly and they were helpful.
waiting for the curator . .
here she is. she chose the painting she wanted to talk about, and they set up the angle. donna and i were amused at the clothes morgana and the curator chose to wear, in addition to the painting. you thought they had planned it! it was, visually, very pretty.
donna feeds the questions to morgana.
this is the ending credit angle, and morgana's favorite part. the curator described monet's use of light and placement of objects.
it was one of our favorite meet me at the corner film days . . and it was still raining when we left (no parking ticket, yay!)
we had a meet me at the corner filming at lombardi's this morning. i walked into the restaurant and overheard scott wiener (of scott's pizza tours) saying " . . . and there are some new yorkers that have never even been here!" "like me!" i said. but now i have . . and i don't want to have pizza anywhere else . . it was just too delicious! i have a little excerpt of scott expounding on brick ovens and fresh mozzarella cheese that i'll put up later.
today we met guy rabut who makes violins in his chelsea studio on west 28th street. it was a meet me at the corner filming and m and c did the interview together. the studio was small and incredibly bright and airy due to the large windows. tools lined the walls and workbenches. it was a warm and creative and very quiet atmosphere and at first we were all hushed and extremely careful when moving about. when the camera was rolling, guy's answers to the interview questions were informative but short. when he thought the camera was off, he entertained us with stories about his college years at violin school, his constant search for beautiful pieces of wood (and carrying them home via train and plane) and even a tale about his little niece and his mom.
we had another visit to lionbrand today (our last visit was to hear the discussion with artist robyn love) for m to film a meet me at the corner episode. donna guthrie is a writer who has created a wonderful website of three to four minute movies about children's lives in different corners of the US (composting worms at the queens botanical garden is currently up). donna is a lot of fun to work with and always picks an equally fun videographer (sometimes from craig's list . . which i'm old enough to find rather amusing. )
i couldn't resist snapping some fiber photos in the store . .
the store manager, patty lyons, was very relaxed while filming, and spoke well. she and m had fun chatting about gauge and hooks and yarn weight, while crocheting for the B roll. it's not easy staying loose for the camera, and many of donna's subjects forget what answers they want to give once they're being filmed. m and i have discussed it at length . . why is it that the world suddenly changes when the camera is on?
