First Day of Shooting

Today was quite busy with riding the subway and conducting my first two interviews at Hanyang Univ. I will not be conducting any other interviews at Hanyang Univ., however. For one thing, it's a huge campus that is exteremely steep and hilly (makes Cornell look like the Great Plains), and the space I shot in wasn't anything to write home about. It wasn't bad, but there was a lot of echo and background noise. But on the bright side, the light was good, and the subjects were both fantastic.

Tomorrow's 3 interviews will be held here in the place I'm staying. Lighting may be a problem, though. I'm not sure what I'll do for that but I'll figure it out I suppose.

This is far more challenging than I'd supposed it would be. Location, equipment and transportation have all conspired to make this a more difficult task than I'd anticipated. I feel badly for the teachers that have been waiting for me to tell them where we're doing the interviews. I know how much I detest last-minute arrangements, and here I am doing it myself, although the circumstances have been beyond my control (too much to get into). Long and short is that when I do this again I will have more immediate and definite control over these kinds of factors. Everyone has been as helpful and wonderful as possible, but in the end, only I am responsible for my film. No one else is. Lesson learned.

I am exhausted and need sleep. I will try to get more posted soon.