Week 10 Update

Since the beginning of April is quickly approaching and I continue to play email and phone tag with Erica from Lake Shore Commons, I have decided not to include any interviews from that particular retirement community. We have a lot of footage already from Carolina Bay and I would like to gather some nice b-roll of social events, showing the residents engaging with one another. I also need to work on completing radio edits of all the interviews, so that it will be easier to pick out selects to put into the rough cut in more of a storytelling manner. I need to seek out editing help from my group mates, because it is a lot to take on by myself alone. I am looking forward to interviewing Emma's aunt in Wallace this Friday and getting some b-roll of her in and around her home. The following weeks will be spent gathering needed b-roll and editing editing editing.

Week 9 Update

This past Friday morning, Anthony and I filmed some beach b-roll of the sunrise, but will need to come back since it was kind of cloudy that day. Friday afternoon, Anthony, James, and I filmed interviews of a select group of residents at Carolina Bay, as well as some interior and exterior b-roll footage of the facility. Last night, Anthony, Emma, and I filmed some b-roll footage of the Watercolors and Wine event at Carolina Bay and sat down with a resident and asked him some questions based on his stay at Carolina Bay as he painted pictures. This morning, Anthony, James, and I interviewed both Erin Rhyne, the Life Enrichment Director, and Joe Soto, the Executive Director. We may or may not be getting some b-roll tomorrow at Lake Shore Commons. With the amount of footage we have already gathered, I am debating spending time interviewing people at Lake Shore, but I am thinking it is better to have the footage still even if we do not end up using it for the end-of-semester edit. Next Friday, we will finally be heading to Wallace, NC to interview Emma's aunt and get b-roll of her living space. I also just noticed that I was featured in the Carolina Bay event newsletter for my documentary, so that marketing is pretty cool. As we near the beginning of April, hopefully after next weekend we will be done with all interviews and will just need to gather b-roll of social events, downtown, beach, etc.

Week 8 Update

Shortly before Spring Break, Anthony, James, and I interviewed Dr. Andrew Zeldin. Like with Dr. Anne Glass' interview, Zeldin was set up in his office. He provided plenty of interesting and useful information as it pertains to the focus of the film. Over break, I had plans to edit my gathered interview and b-roll footage up until this point, but unfortunately did not make much progress. I need to focus more on dedicating productive time to work on the project as we continue to gather more and more material. This Friday, we have an interview set up with Erin D. Rhyne, the Life Enrichment Director at Carolina Bay at Autumn Hall. We will also be setting up times to meet with actual residents to interview for the following week. Anthony and I will be getting sunrise footage on the beach this Friday and possibly sunset footage sometime over the weekend, as well. We will also be meeting with Erica Sadler, the Enrichment Coordinator as Lake Shore Commons next week, and similar to Erin, setting up times to meet with actual residents for interviews. I would like to get our last two potential interviewees, Emma's aunt in Wallace and Joseph L. Soto, the Executive Director of Carolina Bay, knocked out one weekend in the near future, so that I have plenty of time to edit the film.

Week 7 Update

This past Saturday, our group traveled to Kure Beach to interview Cathy and Steve Hobson, a couple that has been retired for nearly five years now and currently resides in their dream beach house. The interview went very well and if possible, I would like to visit them again on a day they plan to go to the beach with friends/go out on their boat, to gather b-roll footage of them staying active and maintaining a social life. On Monday, Anthony, Emma, and I interviewed both Doug, a drummer and formally the owner of a bed and breakfast in downtown Wilmington, and Dr. Anne Glass, a gerontology professor at UNC Wilmington. Both individuals provided interesting and personal sound bites. We also gathered b-roll of each of the interviewees' locations. Our final interview before Spring Break is this Friday with Dr. Andrew Zeldin, another gerontology professor at UNC Wilmington. I am looking forward to hearing his ideas and perspectives on the topic of aging and the need to study, learn, and appreciate older adults and their lifestyle choices. Over break, I plan to begin editing the completed interviews up until this point. When it is all said and done, there will be a lot of footage to sift through and I would like to get in the habit now of staying up-to-date with editing.