Director and DP, Tiffany Murray, and her crew followed ultra distance runner, Allison Powell, on a 138 mile record breaking run to film the documentary Backbone. We spoke with Tiffany about her process and what it’s like to film for nearly 44 hours in a row with few breaks. Watch the short documentary “Backbone” first: Here is our interview with director/DP Tiffany Murray: cinema5D: What initially drew you to this project and to Allison? Tiffany Murray: Allison, on top of all the other amazing things she does, is also a Producer. She brought me on to DP two different web series (one of which being the Emmy-nominated Ctrl+Alt+Delete) through this we became fast friends. We’re always looking for things to work on together and when she came to me saying “I’m going to run 137 miles and break some records, do you want to film it?” I lept at the opportunity. Allison’s one of those people that when she sets her mind to something, she crushes it, so I knew this was something that I didn’t want to miss. I took a documentary class in college and then did a study-abroad documentary in Paris my Junior year. In my opinion, it’s one of the most difficult forms of filmmaking, but I’ve always been drawn to them. There’s a few documentary ideas that I’m always developing in the back of my head. I love the process of discovering the story or new elements as you go and constantly having to adapt to your...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 2 April, 2020