I helped make a movie over the weekend. It was a lot of fun. We had a script, did various takes, shot out of sequence, had tripods, and used editing to tie it all together. It makes me want to pick up a nice DV camera. The Canon XL1S looks sweet. A little pricey, though.

Some of the inspiration came from watching Citizen Kane for the first time last weekend. I watched it twice; once straight through, and once with Roger Ebert's commentary. Ebert gave some nice insights into the tricks Welles and his DP used to get some of the amazing shots. It made me want to try them myself.