Eldon Booth

Eldon Booth
Moving Image/ Film Maker & Director and also a Lecturer at M.I.T.  I found Booths' practice very interesting and quite relevant to my previous studies in my studio brief. Booth produces "experimental narrative filming  and drama documentaries".  These are exercised with the intend of playing with both fiction and faction.  Booth has made two short films with funding from Film/Animation within the Film Commission and is currently producing a film called "Finding Honk".  I seen the trailer and I'm totally intrigued and would love to watch this when it's released.  One of the equipment used in Booths' film is the famous Phantom Camera that records 1000 frames a second.  Amazing!  
Also in the class we watched a movie recommended by Booth titled "Elephant".  I felt that this movie was very sad, scary and because it was based on the true events of the Columbian Killers.  It's scary to think that children can think of such disturbing crimes.  I also felt that it addressed so many issues that may be troubling youth of today.  Also the access to weapons in America is just like going to the candy store and picking all that you would like to try no matter how "rotten " they may be.  The intense camera techniques used in the movie are those that make you feel like your in the movie.  Great Point Of View shots, Live recordings in the everyday sort of situations.  The movie had set some great moods in which the lighting and environments were realistic and clearly emphasised.  
My conclusion for this lecture was that I got a good look in depth of what Booth does as a Film maker/Director. Watching the trailer to Finding Honk reminds me of the sets of some of the other NZ series programmes on t.v.  Also I love the Point of View shots they make you think about all the techniques visually, and compostionally that can be used to tell your story.