My most rewarding shoot was my VJ shoot. It was an excellent combination of hard work and things falling into place. I am proud of my camera work, and this was my first time editing an entire story on Final Cut. Final Cut is my new best friend. It is such an intuitive program...but I digress. So, about the story....
While shooting War Resister, I met a man named Garvin Snider. Garvin is a vendor for a street paper called Megaphone Magazine. Megaphone offers employment for low-income and homeless community members of the Downtown Eastside. Vendors buy the paper for 50 cents and then re-sell it at a bartered price (usually 2 dollars). Megaphone offers vendors the chance to make a living in a low-threshold job, while interacting with the greater Vancouver community. It also gives buyers the chance to support low-income people in a meaningful way. The magazine contains articles about the community, some written by the members themselves.
Garvin was very well-spoken and easy to work with. Since this was a feature, there was a lot of shooting involved; repeated action, repeated action, repeated action. I had so much more I could've used...it was hard for me to pair it down. I am happy with the end product and can't wait to do more. Thank you to everyone at Megaphone!
