Last Thursday as I was headed into the RTF grad student "lounge," I had to step around some folks staring into to tiny, wireless video monitors. I wondered what was going on. When I got inside the office, another student immediately said, "Did you see the Real World people next door?"
"Oh, is that's what's going on?"
Indeed, the cast of "The Real World Austin" were watching Dig!, a documentary about The Brian Jonestown Massacre, in preparation for their mission, to make a documentary about a SXSW band of their choice. As left the office, a middle-aged man was directing, saying "get a reaction shot" into his headset, while a woman logged the footage in real time. I worried that the RTF department would be represented by an establishing shot of UA9, an old motel that has been converted into office space for the College of Communications.
Apparently, the cast has a weekly meeting each Thursday afternoon in UA9, cause the director and crew were again blocking my path into the office. I surreptitiously shot a picture of them through the door of our office. It's backlight, but I was reluctant to use a flash, in case they didn't want me taking a picture.
Don't discreetly take a picture... step up with full flash and take one if you want! It's America, dammit, and if they can interrupt YOUR life with a camera, there's nothing stopping you from using a camera to take a picture of THEM!
"Go about your business... ignore the cameras..." How snotty of a sign is that?
Posted by: RealAustin at February 12, 2005 05:25 PMI think it's very appropriate that you stayed out of the way. They are filming their show you know. They don't want distractions from the way they live their lives.
Posted by: Wes at March 28, 2005 10:37 AMwes, you are an illiterate mouthbreather.
go back and watch some more tv.
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