My tribute to Janis Joplin...

[Kevin M.]

... is now up on the website, the result of a weekend of shooting and
editing. It is literally the result of a fevered state (I've been
alternating between flop sweat and cold chills for the last 48 hours
or so).

http://www.tvornottv.net/2010/02/07/piece-of-my-heart/

Share and enjoy.
--
Kevin M. (and if the Henson folks want to offer me work, I'll gladly accept)

[David Bruggeman]

Cool.  The Janis puppet was an excellent choice.  I've not seen performance footage of "Piece of My Heart" but the shot choices seem like something that might have been produced then.

I don't know if everyone gets the same "Recommended Videos" list after viewing, but here's mine:

Condoms and Diaphragms and Vasectomies, Oh My!
Top Five Death Jingles
Nostalgia Critic: Battlefield Earth

I'm not sure what to take from that...

David

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From: Kevin M. <drunkba...@gmail.com>

[Kevin M.]

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 2:33 PM, David Bruggeman <bru...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Cool.  The Janis puppet was an excellent choice.  I've not seen performance
> footage of "Piece of My Heart" but the shot choices seem like something that
> might have been produced then.

I mentioned the puppet in an earlier thread. As I was repairing her
hair with a hot glue gun, I noticed it kept falling over her face in a
particular way. It reminded me of video footage of Joplin, possibly
from Woodstock, where she was performing with such intensity that her
body was thrashing about and her hair kept whipping into her face.
That did it for me.

I wasn't entirely conscious of the shot choices being of the period,
though I agree that they are (in large part due to the fact I was both
cameraman and puppeteer, which meant the camera was locked in place
the whole time). I kept it simple out of necessity.

The interview clip was heavily edited because, and I mean this out of
love, Janis didn't exactly speak coherently -- at least not in
soundbite form. The story she told about the mulecart was a rambling
few minutes in length, with Dick Cavett prompting her a few times.

If I had it to do all over again, I'd borrow a few lighting fixtures.
I shot a few scenes in the early evening, and it is obvious which
scenes they are. I like the overexposed effect of many of the later
scenes, again unintentional, but the effect seemed to work.
--
Kevin M. (RPCV)

[Bob in Jersey]

Kevin M.:

I can relate. I've been having infection issues, tho not major enough
to hamper my enjoyment of SBXLIV.

(Related analysis elsewhere, if threads exist to that effect...)

--
BOB

[Michael]

Janis is no Wavy the Crocodile (Alligator?), but quite a fine
performance anyway...