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Piolo
| | Posted on Saturday, November 24, 2012 - 9:04 pm: | |
Hi Robert, thanks so much for atteidnng the screening. I had a great time in Hawaii.Doing a film that involved my family had advantages and disadvantages. A big plus is the access. Because my brother is the Principal Investigator on BLAST and invited me to do the movie, I had extraordinary access to the experiment. As a result I was in a unique position to tell this story, and part of my intent was to reveal the risky, haphazard, real life of the scientific process that we had not seen before.On the other hand, my access as a family member could create tension as well. Mark is my younger brother, but on the experiment he's the boss, so I had to get used to deferring to his authority. There were times when my access could be interfering and I had to be careful about overstepping boundaries as the boss's brother.That included bringing the camera along during family events. I believe part of what makes BLAST! unique is how the movie reveals the private life of a scientist, and how a scientist's work can cause hardships for his or her family. This is something that's rarely, if ever been depicted. My access to my own family allowed me to convey that. However, after awhile Mark's wife asked me a few times to leave the camera at home rather than bring it on family visits. So again I had to be careful not to let my natural access go too far. |
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