This project was the most frustrating so far. Firstly, it was pretty tough to think of something that both of us wanted to do. We both had different ideas that we thought would be worth pursuing but it was tough to reconcile these differences at the beginning. However, once we really began to look more closely at the ideas we settled on the idea of a look at a volunteer at the Humane Society. I felt this would be something a little different as most people think of helping in their community as helping people. The Humane Society helps both people and animals by finding homes for orphaned animals and helping a family find a new member.
Something from the reading by Goldbard that really stuck with me was “We understand that anyone who wishes to make significant headway on a social problem or opportunity must engage with people’s feelings and attitudes about it.” When I read this, I thought of Sarah Mchlachlan singing “Arms of the Angel” over the faces of the injured and sad-looking animals. The ASPCA wants to make significant headway in solving a problem so they are engaging with the emotions of the people. This is one of the reasons I thought of shooting at the Humane Society. Though this was an inspiration, I wanted to show more of the good sides of being at the Humane Society. I wanted to tell people about the good things that can come of it instead of just the sad because that is usually all people hear. Also, I helped organize pet food drives in my hometown and I had always thought about volunteering but could never get myself to do it. I really wanted to hear what inspired others to do it and why they continued to do it.
Secondly, the process for this project was rather hectic. I first began calling different animal shelters in the area to set aside a time for me to come in with a camera and talk to someone who volunteered with the animals. However, many shelters told me that I could not get footage of the animals or that they did not have time for me to come in. In order to get the footage I had to drive to Murray on Sunday and just walk in a talk to someone. Once I did that, I was golden until I realized that the mic equipment I had rented didn’t work and I only had an hour to get all my footage. This presented a problem to get good sound on the interview and I kind of had to rush everything to get through it in time.
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