I like juggling. I’m not ashamed to admit it. I juggle, I’m a juggler. I learned how to juggle years ago and I’ve never looked back. I strongly believe that anyone can learn how to juggle, and the basic juggling pattern (three ball cascade) can be done thoughtlessly once you know how. But juggling is also hard, advanced juggling anyway. The kind of juggling that crosses the line between quirky party trick and kind of cool party skill. Unfortunately, ever since moving here and enrolling in this program, the amount of time I’ve had to practice has dropped like the first *club I tried to catch.
Enter the personal project. Inspired by the skate videos shown by guest speaker Andrew Nedimeyer, I decided this would be a perfect opportunity for me to produce my own- markedly less cool- juggling reel.
As far as a timeline goes for this kind of project there are a couple of things to consider; firstly, I need to practice. As a pretty experienced juggler; learning new tricks can take anywhere from an afternoon, to several hours over the course of a few days. The project would also entail putting together a more thought out routine to feature in parts of the video, so after learning the tricks I’d like to perform, I’ll also need to spend time perfecting the aforementioned routine. Ideally this all happens before even beginning preproduction because until I know what I’m shooting the best I can do is some location scouting. At best I can foresee the entire project wrapping up within a month or two, giving myself one month primarily for practice and basic preproduction, and around two weeks for shooting and editing. The actual production will probably only take a couple of days but this would give me some wiggle room to balance it with other schoolwork. The neat thing about this project is that it will cost me nothing. I have all the juggling props I’d like to use, a camera, and all the other production equipment I want just a conversation with Ed away.
*Juggling clubs, not like a dance club. I recently learned how to juggle the bowling pin-esque props. Maybe I can use that to get into Berghain or something.
probably not