{"id":120947,"date":"2009-12-31T17:12:10","date_gmt":"2009-12-31T22:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/?p=8652"},"modified":"2009-12-31T17:12:10","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T22:12:10","slug":"interview-with-soda-%e2%80%93-documentary-director-of-peabody-award-winning-%e2%80%9ccampaign%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/120947","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Soda \u2013 documentary director of Peabody-award winning \u201cCampaign\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Campaign<\/a>” Trailer on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

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Filmmaker Kazuhiro Soda<\/a>\u2019s observational documentary\u00a0Campaign<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>is a fascinating film about one candidate’s campaign in the strange world of Japanese election. In the following Skype video interview, Soda and I chatted about\u00a0Campaign<\/a>, the Peabody-award winning film I love<\/a>,\u00a0and his latest project temporary entitled Theatre.<\/p>\n

[HT to\u00a0Mad Dog<\/a> for introducing me to Soda’s film]<\/p>\n

The following time codes and descriptions will give you a quick way to revisit a topic that interests you the most.<\/p>\n

Time Codes for Part 1:<\/p>\n

0:00 Soda’s Peabody award experience and of being told on April 1st
\n0:53 How did Soda convince “Yama-san” and the LDP party to let him shoot the film?
\n2:05 Why Soda knows the film is going to be interesting before he shoots? The traditional political party of LDP vs the liberal and Bohemian “Yama-san” (this is a great story, you need to hear where Yama-san went to for honey-moon)
\n3:45 More about the conflicts b\/n LDP and Yama-san
\n4:39 What makes this story interesting
\n5:05 Soda’s advice to new filmmaker to film an election?
\n6:13 Soda’s idea of an observational film and how to make an interesting documentary.<\/p>\n

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Time Codes for Part 2:<\/p>\n

0:00 How many hours of footage did Soda shoot for his films (Campaign, Mental, and Theater)?
\n1:10 An update on “Yama-san”
\n2:38 Talking about Soda’s editing process.
\n3:55 Does Soda write a script when he is editing?
\n5:38 Soda’s process of creating\/finding logic & POV.
\n7:10 What does Soda focus on when he shoot?<\/p>\n

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Time Codes for Part 3:<\/p>\n

0:00 What happens in the editing room
\n0:37 When to start and stop recording\/shooting? For example, when shooting Campaign, Mental, and Theater.
\n3:34 What kind of equipment Soda used to shoot? Shot three films with Sony HDV Z1.
\n5:15 What is Soda’s advices to people who want to make a documentary? (very insightful)<\/p>\n

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