Week 4 Blog

Walker World has been continuing to move forward and flourish with creativity.  This week we focused on editing the footage we have for b-roll.  Alex and I spend quality time in the editing lab playing with the footage in Premiere.  The biggest struggle we faced was with sound levels.  Many of the audio from the performances peaked and have leveling issues.  The main problem came when we connected the H6 into the mixer.  Sound is such an important part so we will have to accommodate and focus on it for next time.  I think if we can have an additional team member come along for our next shoot to primarily focus on sound it will go much smoother.  The wireless mics worked very well throughout the shoot thought and we were able to capture Walker's conversations even in crowds with little interference and background noise.  I do like the certain level of background sound though and we are getting a good  mix when recording wild sounds of the patrons talking over each other.  I am very pleased with the amount of footage we captured from our last shoot.   Alex did a great job and almost every shot was usable and interesting.  Cutting down the footage was a big challenge because so much of the shots we got we wanted to use.  But right now thats a good problem to have and we are building a great reel for the final edit.

Blog Week 3

Last week I had a great day of film at Walker World with my DP and Producer.  The event we filmed was on Sunday and had around 75 -100 people in attendance.  The event began with us placing a wireless Mic on Walker and filming him in a traditional 'reality show' style.  We tried to be flies on the wall capturing him as the outgoing party host.  It took some trial and error to be able to navigate a camera man and multiple pieces of sound equipment simultaneously.  I think next time we will need to have an additional crew member to do sound so our producer could take notes and create shot logs instead.  It was much easier then expected to get signed release forums from the guests.  No one was opposed to signing it or being on camera so that made it easy for us.  We tried to get as much footage from outside as possible while we had lighting.  When the sun went down we transitioned to filming the 3 different bands and live artists perform instead.  At this time we were able to plug in our H6 into the amps to record great quality sound from the bands.  The bands will also be giving us the audio release to use their songs as a sound track to the film if we choose too.

- Brianna Okamoto
Director  

Expert Interview

Allen Walker is 40 years old was born and raised in Wilmington, NC. Allen was an adventurous boy who spent his time building and exploring the outdoors. At age 22 he dropped out of East Carolina University to buy his first home in Castle Haynes.  Now the father of 3 children, Skye, Ava and Dan, he still resides in that same home.  Now the home goes by the name, Walker World, and it has been rebuilt to an artists paradise. 

1. Please describe Walker World to us.

2. What was the reason and vision behind Walker World? 

3. This house has an amazing amount of art work- are you an artist your self?  

4. How did you build this enormous home? - any professional help or strictly your self and friends? 

the reason and vision behind Walker World? 

5. Walker world is a very secluded home, but so many people flock to it every day. Have you always been the outgoing welcoming man that you are today? 

6. Your ex wife and you were together for quiet awhile, what was your life life while the two of you were together? 

7. Did she share a similar vision and lifestyle as you? 

8. You are such a warm and loving guy -How do you think you friendships with others effected your marriage? 

9. Do you think their was a definite reason for the divorce? 

10. How that you are a bachelor how have you changed? 

 11. You seem to be flooded with love from everyone around you- has the popularity of Walker World helped you get through the divorce? 

12. When do you get time to your self? And do you enjoy that time? 

Thomas Purdy, well Purdy for short, has been Allen Walkers close friend for his entire life. Purdy is 10 years older then Allen at age 50, and grew up in Wilmington, NC.  He was known for being rebellious bad boy and family friends of the Walker's.  Allen recalls being by Purdy's side and saving Purdy from the law several times. Allen describes their relationship as brothers- but Allen sees himself as the big brother to Purdy.  When Allen moved to Castle Haynes he built an adjacent log cabin on his property for Purdy to live at. Now Purdy spends his time drinking PBR and helping Walker maintain the land. 

1. Purdy how long have you know Allen? 

2. What kind of relationship did the two of you have growing up? 

3. Do you remember the kind of activities or trouble did the two of you get into? 

4. What was Walker like as a young man? 

5. What kind of people did Walker attract? Did he fit into any cliques? 

6. What was your reaction when walker dropped out of school to move to Castle Haynes? 

7. When did you start helping him build his house? And what was the initial process like? 

8. Who was the first to suggest living together at Walker World? 

9. What has kept the two of you so close for so long? 

10. Do you have your own family or is Walker your family? 

11. Why do you want to live at Walker world?  

12. What about this place makes it home to you? 

13. Do you think you'll ever leave or stay here for good?