![]() It was tender to revisit, revise, and edit. The story was all there, the beats were simple, and it poured out of me once the floodgates opened. Once we felt that we had fully grasped and recovered from the trauma of Petunia’s passing, I asked for my fianceé's blessing to tell Petunia’s story, and she granted it.The writing process was grueling but fast. We were cagey about the situation, not wanting others to think we did a “bad job” with the first pet we ever adopted. My fianceé and I struggled for months grappling with feelings of failure, grief, and depression. Several of his organs weren’t fully formed from birth, we were blindsided, he had been acting completely normal just days before. About a year before writing this script, our newly adopted kitten, the titular Petunia, had to tragically be euthanized. until I was reminded that I had two months to complete it.Īfter all those years of trying to find a script that was emblematic of me, I first had to dig deep. I graduated as quickly as possible, fled to the opposite coast, and forgot about my hesis film entirely. When I thought I’d finally hit a breaking point, COVID-19 hit as well. Professor Brown hounded me, for every idea I suggested he would rebuttal with: “Are you telling the truth?” I slowly realized the more I embellished, the more plastic my film felt. I had a script that was a jumbled mess of ideas, trying to tell a story that I lacked perspective and research on. The singular most important moment of my filmmaking journey was a seemingly innocuous meeting with my NYU thesis film professor, Alrick Brown. Your styles, sensibilities, genre, mood, tone. You have to write something that feels emblematic of you. For anyone who’s done a “Thesis Film,” this starting-point analysis-paralysis feels so much more severe. The blank page is the ultimate enemy of the creative. This post was written by Alec Cohen-Schisler. When it needs to be recharged, you can plug it in via USB cable. There are three buttons on the unit: one to trigger and release the fog, and two to adjust the power. The fog liquid it uses is made of non-toxic high-quality vegetable glycerin, which is used as a base liquid for vapes and e-cigarettes and will trigger smoke alarms. And this tiny thing can produce bigger plumes than the best cloud chasers out there, brah. I know what you're thinking (because I thought it, too).it looks like a vape mod, right? I mean, that's pretty much what it is.it's basically the same technology (only in reverse). ![]() This thing is basically a super portable pocket-sized fog machine that has single-button operation, a rechargeable battery, and requires only a few drops of fog liquid.Īnd here's our favorite Weird Lens Expert, Mathieu Stern, taking it for a spin. ![]() It can help you add depth to your visuals, establish tone, as well as create many different aesthetic, technical, and stylistic effects.īut despite their vital cinematic role, these machines (like anything) could be a little more convenient and accommodating for certain applications, which is what makes the MicroFogger such an interesting item. As we all know, fog/haze/smoke/atmosphere is an essential cinematographic tool. ![]()
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