The second annual Nocturne: Art at Night festival recently took place in Halifax. I took this opportunity to shoot a story on it for my second school report. This event had art and music in numerous places around the city and offered ample opportunities for visual and audio footage.

I first contacted an organizer who was happy to give me an interview. After that I found two artists who were presenting an interesting audio/visual production about homesickness and heartache. They both agreed to be interviewed and I got great clips from them both.

I then proceeded to get shots around downtown Halifax. There were many interesting events and I got plenty of good footage and then decided to go to Gottingen St. for more footage and hopefully another clip. There were a few galleries and many people milling about. I got some shots of an interesting outdoor film screening which included live actors. I then found a group of people and asked a man for a clip. I was looking to include diversity in my report, so I asked a visible minority and he gave me a great clip.

Subsequently, I drove to the Hydrostone area because I read in The Coast there were some events happening there. I interviewed a gallery owner and got some more b-roll. I was about to head home when I remembered that there was an experimental guitar player supposed to be on the Commons. I could see the lights and hear the “music” as I drove by. I parked and walked over with my camera and tripod and got some amazing shots of the artist.

I am getting much more comfortable editing and I think the story turned out very well. Writing the script is becoming easier and I think with more practice I could be an excellent videographer.