Week 4: PMA

This week is going to be really exciting. We are scheduled to shoot interviews tomorrow through Saturday, and I’m really keen to be involved with the actual process of making the film, as I’ve never been present for the filming of a professional calibre documentary. I met Jefferson, the director, this morning and asked him what I’ll be doing. His response: “All the fun stuff.” I think that means everything that anyone else doesn’t have time to do.

This past Thursday I had another good day. I finished archiving the pictures for Plague from the McCord Museum archives, and then made a trip up to the Montreal General Hospital to look for pictures of the hospital during the time of the smallpox epidemic. I like doing research.

I will be posting a second time this week. I am certain that the days of shooting will be an incredible learning experience!