At the end of the day, when the cameras packed up, the tapes are rolled back and the music is put away, the bottom line that rings true for all our crew is that we truly love telling stories. The individual talents we all have are merely tools we’ve been given to be the best storyteller we can be.
Some of us tell stories best by picking up a camera, while others choose to journey with musical notes and bass guitars. Some even choose to be actors, providing a visual connection with this magical world the grip crew helps create.
The worse feeling as a storyteller is feeling that no one’s listening. The audience of a story can make all the difference, however sometimes the best audiences are storytellers themselves. I believe inside every person there is the ability to be a storyteller, even if all that means is telling someone about something you read once that made you think. As story tellers we posses the ability to dream and imagine, and furthermore to create. We have the authority to capture, sing, write or act, anything and everything that we feel is worth being told.
The most exciting thing for me while being on set is seeing the meshing of talents. Movies serve as a great medium for talents to collaborate and dreams to be turned into reality. A place where magical dreamt up worlds can be created and explored while dynamic musical scores tickle the ears of those who didn’t even know they wanted to hear. Where the talent of the director to see beyond what is there, meets the talent of the actor to perform in ways in which people have never scene. Where lenses and camera gear push photographers and videographers to try new things and face unexpected, yet welcomed challenges. Where the cries of the audience to be told a story ring so loud in the ears of the storytellers, that we wont stop until the story’s heard.
(L-R) Nick Kirk,Me,Billy Wilkerson - We had to find something to do while not helping set up the first shot of the day;)
