So, I went out into the swamp on July 16 with a half-baked plan to shoot a clip of John Marsh, trying to escape the authorities in the swamp. Nothing too complicated; just me with my wrists handcuffed behind my back, splashing around and finally ending up in some deep mud.
The first day didn’t go well. I arrived a little late, but that wasn’t a huge problem. I still had mud. The problem was that I did a really poor job of framing my shots. The sun was bright, which made it difficult to see the viewfinder, but mostly I just screwed up. It has happened before. I played around in the mud for a while after I finished shooting my escape clip (I didn’t know, yet, that I didn’t really get the shot). It was a very warm, sunny day, so I took my time and enjoyed the mud until the tide forced me out, after which I cleaned up and went for a short swim.
Today (July 17), I went back out to the swamp to reshoot my escape clip, and this time I had a better idea what I wanted to do, so I got more shots. The only real problem, today, was that I had sunscreen running into my eyes which was not just painful, but made my nose run as my eyes were watering like crazy. It’s always something. After I finished shooting the clip I went out to shoot, I moved my camera to another spot and continued shooting as I enjoyed some really delicious mud. That video didn’t turn out as good as it could have, because it rained intermittently through most of my fun. As a result, the scene got rather dark, and the rain hitting the rain shield on the camera pretty much destroys the audio.
I hope you enjoy the video frames. Someday, there will be two videos from this trip.
