Last year I shot this little film with Hetty Abbott while we were camping in Dorset. Just for fun with a basic handheld camera. It’s called Dancing Ledge.
I shot it awhile ago and then sat on it, slightly worried that it wasn’t good enough to show or that it didn’t represent exactly what I wanted to say. But I was inspired by Austin Kleon‘s fantastic How To Steal Like An Artist, especially this bit:
If I waited to know “who I was” or “what I was about” before I started “being creative”, well, I’d still be sitting around trying to figure myself out instead of making things. In my experience, it’s in the act of making things that we figure out who we are.
So I thought: fuck it.
We made it in a couple of hours with the stuff we had in the moment, I played around with Final Cut Pro until it was edited, we asked a friend to write some original music to go with it (thanks to The Idol Rich), and now I’m posting it.
I kind of like it. I hope you kind of like it too.
I want to make more things.
April 14, 2011 at 10:25 pm
So, stuff you had in the moment heh? Including the nurses uniform??? And menthol fags. And there you go passing off your Dorset trips as wholesome, creative fun.
Really enjoyed it, so glad you shared it – Joe says really lovely editing.
Next?
April 17, 2011 at 8:34 am
Thanks! Got a few plans to make more things. When will we see a film from you?