SAMSARA
cycle of reincarnation or rebirth
The karmic balance at the time of death is inherited via the state at which a person is reborn. Through an undetermined amount of lives one can spiral upwards to become one of the gods. As a deity, one exercises divine powers until the good merit is exhausted. If one lives in evil ways, one is reborn as an animal.[
Saṃsāra is described as mundane existence, full of suffering and misery and hence is considered undesirable and worth renunciation. The Saṃsāra is without any beginning and the soul finds itself in bondage with its karma since the beginingless time. Moksa is the only liberation from saṃsāra.
Mother/giver of life…baking the bread…birth
Death – coffin of man, death is father sort of, spirit of destruction
Rebirth…girls turn to dust/flour…mother makes more bread → life
Turning of the bowl…the cycle …like folding of the bread
Sound of like a water wheel throughout the piece
What my images say:
Boy: tortured then peaceful…death…managing his sins
Girl: objectification of women…girl w/ pail on her head…kneeling down, grasping the floor
Mother: mother goddess giver of life, but also fate
Mother and father are dual forces (life and destruction)
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
moving into editing
so on schedule. muahahaha.
i finished all my shooting on saturday. brought in outside actors for the last half.
btw, working w/ animals is really hard. i dunno if my dog shot is gonna work...sigh.
i watched 2 akira kurosawa movies: seven samurai and RAN. wow, i think he might be my favorite now. i'm gonna watch more movies by him!
this week i begin editing. my goal is to put together a rough version of "barnyard" and then make "blackbird" ready for the henry.
i've captured almost all my video already, i just have about an 1hr 30min left.
i finished all my shooting on saturday. brought in outside actors for the last half.
btw, working w/ animals is really hard. i dunno if my dog shot is gonna work...sigh.
i watched 2 akira kurosawa movies: seven samurai and RAN. wow, i think he might be my favorite now. i'm gonna watch more movies by him!
this week i begin editing. my goal is to put together a rough version of "barnyard" and then make "blackbird" ready for the henry.
i've captured almost all my video already, i just have about an 1hr 30min left.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
still on schedule plus movies!
yo.
i'm so organized. i love it! i just met my other actor yesterday. he's really cool and knows a lot about film. he even wants to stick around for the rest of my shoot to help out. i'm meeting my last actress tomorrow. craigslist kind of rocks. i got about 30 replies so far. he he he. i will wrap shooting this weekend and then begin editing both blackbird and this new film which i shall tentatively call barnyard.
i've also been watching movies. so far i've viewed black orpheus, citizen kane, seven samurai, and i'm going to watch another kurosawa film over the weekend or friday. myaaaaa. good stuff. i tried to rent brand on the brain but apparently it's not out yet. sigh...
i'm so organized. i love it! i just met my other actor yesterday. he's really cool and knows a lot about film. he even wants to stick around for the rest of my shoot to help out. i'm meeting my last actress tomorrow. craigslist kind of rocks. i got about 30 replies so far. he he he. i will wrap shooting this weekend and then begin editing both blackbird and this new film which i shall tentatively call barnyard.
i've also been watching movies. so far i've viewed black orpheus, citizen kane, seven samurai, and i'm going to watch another kurosawa film over the weekend or friday. myaaaaa. good stuff. i tried to rent brand on the brain but apparently it's not out yet. sigh...
Monday, April 14, 2008
on schedule
i killed myself this weekend, but at least i'm on schedule. julia, if u read this, know that u're a godsend! i couldn't have done it without u!
as planned, completed half of my filming...i completed my daughter and son scenes. i will capture all this this week and begin editing (probably mostly chopping out bad footage and color correcting). need to find more actors b/c my other actors fell through. hopefully this is possible.
fremont is great and totally not as scary as it was made out to be. i had to mop the floor like 4 times though and scamper up scaffolds s i'm really sore.
now i need sleep.
but i can never sleep.
@_@
as planned, completed half of my filming...i completed my daughter and son scenes. i will capture all this this week and begin editing (probably mostly chopping out bad footage and color correcting). need to find more actors b/c my other actors fell through. hopefully this is possible.
fremont is great and totally not as scary as it was made out to be. i had to mop the floor like 4 times though and scamper up scaffolds s i'm really sore.
now i need sleep.
but i can never sleep.
@_@
Sunday, April 6, 2008
The archetype → jung’s archetypes (the mother….yada)
In mythology what are the archetypes?
Rolling a rock constantly up a hill, knowing it’s going to come down again
Path to the end of suffering → can take many lifetimes to reach the end, till the cycle of rebirths (like my film, a cycle of rebirth)
The wheel of life, or "samsara", is an ancient symbol that has the same meaning in Buddhism and Hinduism. It is symbolises the cycle of birth, life, and death. When one revolution of the wheel is completed, life begins again with rebirth.
Need to find an 8 spoke wheel
Open with the turning of the wheel, end with the rest of the wheel…keep getting farther and farther away from it, things get blurry (tight with the camera then go out and up)
Archetypal Mother: Intimately known and yet strange like Nature, lovingly tender and yet cruel like fate, joyous and untiring giver of life--mater dolorosa and mute implacable portal that closes upon the dead.
Cornucopia, sheaves of wheat, autumn harvest, torch, bread, honey, and acorns –BREAD, SHEAVES OF WHEAT (symbols of the goddess mother)
Father is like Saturn…archetypal father → omnipotence, devouring his children
In mythology what are the archetypes?
Rolling a rock constantly up a hill, knowing it’s going to come down again
Path to the end of suffering → can take many lifetimes to reach the end, till the cycle of rebirths (like my film, a cycle of rebirth)
The wheel of life, or "samsara", is an ancient symbol that has the same meaning in Buddhism and Hinduism. It is symbolises the cycle of birth, life, and death. When one revolution of the wheel is completed, life begins again with rebirth.
Need to find an 8 spoke wheel
Open with the turning of the wheel, end with the rest of the wheel…keep getting farther and farther away from it, things get blurry (tight with the camera then go out and up)
Archetypal Mother: Intimately known and yet strange like Nature, lovingly tender and yet cruel like fate, joyous and untiring giver of life--mater dolorosa and mute implacable portal that closes upon the dead.
Cornucopia, sheaves of wheat, autumn harvest, torch, bread, honey, and acorns –BREAD, SHEAVES OF WHEAT (symbols of the goddess mother)
Father is like Saturn…archetypal father → omnipotence, devouring his children
idea development
just an update on the collaborative project....we decided to form a crew that will work on everybody's individual projects rather than creating one film, so it is still a group effort, however we will all be helping people head their own projects.
Idea Development, storyboard coming by wednesday:
Stages
The mother/the farmer’s wife
-rolling the dough, looking out the window, in the window is the dog, those who look away and try to see it end up dropping and tired like a hound, heavy eyes, weight of sorrow and fatigue in her eyes, this ghost, hanging in a droop, in the groove of her wrinkles, trying to look to something else, but all that’s there is the dog
The father/the farmer
-bringing down the axe (after the heaviness of the mother…maybe suggesting the downwards force…maybe not chopping a chicken, but can see the blood running off his blade, running off the stump, symbolic chopping but physical blood, the flicker of the screen in his eyes, what he’s done himself, what he did to his son
Chopping of the wood…big rim light functioning like the sun, glare in the camera, water for sweat
The daughter/young woman
-standing together, assault begins with the mother baking the bread, is then on all fours… a bell around her neck?, tears coming down from beneath the pail, starts “bleeding”, just a line…then start to see it spilling from her (all from her), from her mouth too perhaps?, throws her head back as she’s being sucked dry…that’s when the flour begins to fall, see it falling over the girl on all fours too, just piles of dust
The son/young man
-gulping the milk, crazed, crying out, sad, being poured into his mouth as tears roll back from his eyes, a pronounced Adam’s apple
-begins to bleed from the neck, as the father’s chopping the wood more and more, like orgasm, you can’t stop your self but crying because of your addiction…blood mixing with milk, like a chicken with its head cut off, just desperately running around trying to live with no abandon, running off away, into the darkness, dancing (writhing dancing), hands outstretched, spread like a wing flapping, feet stomping in the splashing milk
-the light of life is too bright to bear, going blind, looking into the light
-shaking camera, chaotic movement
-cup first, then like just all out?
Transitions:
The hands of the girl on the floor, the hands of the mother rolling the bread
Milk spilling from the woman, into the man’s mouth
The massaging of the flesh, the massaging of the dough
Boy throwing his head back from the light, from ecstacy and the girl throwing her head back in “death”
The hanging droops down of the dog, the falling of the axe, the boy’s neck
The chopping., the running of blood down the boy’s neck
The boy running around with the axe in his hand, as we see shots that the father is in the chair, just like the daughter is the flour, see her hands, and see the working of the dough (leading that that is their futures)
The flour puffing
See the images of the mother folding the bread, splices of the sex massage but not sure if really creepy or not, images of the old man in a chair from behind,tight shots of the clothed daughter and the son drinking something (is he holding a cup as his prop?) , the baking of the bread again, more violent massaging (violence shown), the mother keeps on looking out the window but there is just the dog, the axe chopping see the son, the daughter beginning to be assaulted (see her pail head full form at her side, the chopping, that son is somewhat crazed, the old man in the chair, shit gets worse and worse, see more of the dog, milk drinking/pouring increases, blood on the axe, running off the stump, milk pouring from her, girl goes to floor, son is crazy, the flour being worked in with the water, start to die, boy starts to go crazy, flour starting to rain down, father in room with images of boy in background, see that he’s mentally watching them , boy running with axe and milk with the image of the chopping/old man, mother with the image of her daughter, looking out the window with tragic stubbornness. Keep going up and up.
The playing of the father behind the son, the mother behind the daughter, the daughter behind the mother, and the son in front of the father
The mother is to become the dog, the daughter is to become the mother, the son is to become the father, and father has nothing but himself and his thoughts
Props/Set
-baking stuff
-bowl, wood rolling pin, board, flour, water → julia’s house +me flour
-michale: metal pail, axe
-counter
-wood stump
-dead chicken → china town?
-red string
-hay → hay bundle?
-projector
-window frame…curtains
sift for the flour –> big one…make it! Big one (frame for window w/ tight netting stretched over it
bins to collect the flour
hella flour/coarse flour
table and chair for son?
Actors
Mother → julia’s mom….back up???
Father → Alexis’s Dad
Woman → Alexis/Julia….Bronowyn???
Young Men → Cody, Mark??
Dog → Tina
Camera Movement (up)
Equipment needed
-Freemont
-Lights → freemont plus extra
-panasonic/vx2000
-tripod
-dolly
-shotgun mic
-c-stands
-
General
-the crazy human barnyard
-man drinking the milk of woman → milk represent life-giving, nourishing force, the food of babies, the female sacrifice, and symbol of womanhood, a gift from the mother to the child, taking away something beautiful women have to give, sexually violent, crude, the woman must submit herself
-men…sexual perversion, violation of the sacred, Oedipus, wish to be infants/children again
-drinking the woman dry, sucking the life from her, like cattle, being milk, “bleeding breasts”
-one woman w/ pail over her head → abu Ghraib prison, one clothed, bleeding breasts
-rolling the dough, massaging the skin (sexual), baking = procreation, like molding of the clay, giving birth to the audience and the film if open with it
-being baked in the oven, cooked into being
-the mother is baking the ashes of the daughters to bake the bread, ashes from being sucked dry
-cycle of life and death, cycle of human sacrifice → woman sacrifice for man, son sacrifice for father
-emptying yourself, changing the eye to reach a life beyond sadness → UP – not as much the focus though
-perversion, sacrfifice, pain, greedy drinking, chaotic running
-double loss of innocence, for men who committed the sin, and for woman who are being violated
-father frozen in the chair, joy luck club → the pain of being old and having nothing but you and your thoughts
-mother constantly looking out the window waiting for something that won’t ever come, but she has to keep believing, to keep folding the dough over and over, to keep baking the bread (reflection of the blood hound)
-projected the image of the mother on the background? Or the father chopping the wood
-done in surreal/theatrical space, with mi nimal components that are all working for reasons, like a factor cycle of perversity and the pain and sorrow that is life. I keep passing around it, with each pass something is revealed, going up, seeing further and further past it?
-something revealed with DOF?
-moving camera up with each pass??
Idea Development, storyboard coming by wednesday:
Stages
The mother/the farmer’s wife
-rolling the dough, looking out the window, in the window is the dog, those who look away and try to see it end up dropping and tired like a hound, heavy eyes, weight of sorrow and fatigue in her eyes, this ghost, hanging in a droop, in the groove of her wrinkles, trying to look to something else, but all that’s there is the dog
The father/the farmer
-bringing down the axe (after the heaviness of the mother…maybe suggesting the downwards force…maybe not chopping a chicken, but can see the blood running off his blade, running off the stump, symbolic chopping but physical blood, the flicker of the screen in his eyes, what he’s done himself, what he did to his son
Chopping of the wood…big rim light functioning like the sun, glare in the camera, water for sweat
The daughter/young woman
-standing together, assault begins with the mother baking the bread, is then on all fours… a bell around her neck?, tears coming down from beneath the pail, starts “bleeding”, just a line…then start to see it spilling from her (all from her), from her mouth too perhaps?, throws her head back as she’s being sucked dry…that’s when the flour begins to fall, see it falling over the girl on all fours too, just piles of dust
The son/young man
-gulping the milk, crazed, crying out, sad, being poured into his mouth as tears roll back from his eyes, a pronounced Adam’s apple
-begins to bleed from the neck, as the father’s chopping the wood more and more, like orgasm, you can’t stop your self but crying because of your addiction…blood mixing with milk, like a chicken with its head cut off, just desperately running around trying to live with no abandon, running off away, into the darkness, dancing (writhing dancing), hands outstretched, spread like a wing flapping, feet stomping in the splashing milk
-the light of life is too bright to bear, going blind, looking into the light
-shaking camera, chaotic movement
-cup first, then like just all out?
Transitions:
The hands of the girl on the floor, the hands of the mother rolling the bread
Milk spilling from the woman, into the man’s mouth
The massaging of the flesh, the massaging of the dough
Boy throwing his head back from the light, from ecstacy and the girl throwing her head back in “death”
The hanging droops down of the dog, the falling of the axe, the boy’s neck
The chopping., the running of blood down the boy’s neck
The boy running around with the axe in his hand, as we see shots that the father is in the chair, just like the daughter is the flour, see her hands, and see the working of the dough (leading that that is their futures)
The flour puffing
See the images of the mother folding the bread, splices of the sex massage but not sure if really creepy or not, images of the old man in a chair from behind,tight shots of the clothed daughter and the son drinking something (is he holding a cup as his prop?) , the baking of the bread again, more violent massaging (violence shown), the mother keeps on looking out the window but there is just the dog, the axe chopping see the son, the daughter beginning to be assaulted (see her pail head full form at her side, the chopping, that son is somewhat crazed, the old man in the chair, shit gets worse and worse, see more of the dog, milk drinking/pouring increases, blood on the axe, running off the stump, milk pouring from her, girl goes to floor, son is crazy, the flour being worked in with the water, start to die, boy starts to go crazy, flour starting to rain down, father in room with images of boy in background, see that he’s mentally watching them , boy running with axe and milk with the image of the chopping/old man, mother with the image of her daughter, looking out the window with tragic stubbornness. Keep going up and up.
The playing of the father behind the son, the mother behind the daughter, the daughter behind the mother, and the son in front of the father
The mother is to become the dog, the daughter is to become the mother, the son is to become the father, and father has nothing but himself and his thoughts
Props/Set
-baking stuff
-bowl, wood rolling pin, board, flour, water → julia’s house +me flour
-michale: metal pail, axe
-counter
-wood stump
-dead chicken → china town?
-red string
-hay → hay bundle?
-projector
-window frame…curtains
sift for the flour –> big one…make it! Big one (frame for window w/ tight netting stretched over it
bins to collect the flour
hella flour/coarse flour
table and chair for son?
Actors
Mother → julia’s mom….back up???
Father → Alexis’s Dad
Woman → Alexis/Julia….Bronowyn???
Young Men → Cody, Mark??
Dog → Tina
Camera Movement (up)
Equipment needed
-Freemont
-Lights → freemont plus extra
-panasonic/vx2000
-tripod
-dolly
-shotgun mic
-c-stands
-
General
-the crazy human barnyard
-man drinking the milk of woman → milk represent life-giving, nourishing force, the food of babies, the female sacrifice, and symbol of womanhood, a gift from the mother to the child, taking away something beautiful women have to give, sexually violent, crude, the woman must submit herself
-men…sexual perversion, violation of the sacred, Oedipus, wish to be infants/children again
-drinking the woman dry, sucking the life from her, like cattle, being milk, “bleeding breasts”
-one woman w/ pail over her head → abu Ghraib prison, one clothed, bleeding breasts
-rolling the dough, massaging the skin (sexual), baking = procreation, like molding of the clay, giving birth to the audience and the film if open with it
-being baked in the oven, cooked into being
-the mother is baking the ashes of the daughters to bake the bread, ashes from being sucked dry
-cycle of life and death, cycle of human sacrifice → woman sacrifice for man, son sacrifice for father
-emptying yourself, changing the eye to reach a life beyond sadness → UP – not as much the focus though
-perversion, sacrfifice, pain, greedy drinking, chaotic running
-double loss of innocence, for men who committed the sin, and for woman who are being violated
-father frozen in the chair, joy luck club → the pain of being old and having nothing but you and your thoughts
-mother constantly looking out the window waiting for something that won’t ever come, but she has to keep believing, to keep folding the dough over and over, to keep baking the bread (reflection of the blood hound)
-projected the image of the mother on the background? Or the father chopping the wood
-done in surreal/theatrical space, with mi nimal components that are all working for reasons, like a factor cycle of perversity and the pain and sorrow that is life. I keep passing around it, with each pass something is revealed, going up, seeing further and further past it?
-something revealed with DOF?
-moving camera up with each pass??
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Research paper
Dx453_Research Jill Collymore
ABSTRACT
This quarter, I would like to venture into new media/technology and expand production. This will be accomplished through three films: one old, one new, and one a little bit different! In terms of new media/technology, I would like to familiarize myself with/and work with the Steady Cam. On April 10th, I will receive a $20,000 18mm film camera. Experiments with the 18mm versus digital camera will contribute to the new media theme. Also, if deemed to significantly contribute to my work, I would finally like to break into After Effects. In terms of production value, again my goal is to bear down on preproduction. I will require myself to have complete storyboards, organize resources, and to the best of my ability, solve potential problems prior to filming. I plan on reviewing the power point presentations and conducting my own research to further knowledge on specific lighting, camera techniques, etc. This knowledge will help to improve production value. I would also like to seek out trained actors through the Internet or the UW theatre school. In addition, I wish to take advantage of the Freemont resource. The production value boost will be concentrated into a collaborative film, which I hope to pull several members of the class into. In sum, through a new film, a reedit, and a collaborative project, I plan to explore new media/technology/techniques and improve as a filmmaker while readying myself for the Henry exhibition. Hopefully, by May 5th, I will be able to present 3 short films (all under 5-6 minutes) for Henry consideration.
RESEARCH
I would like to compose a reading/viewing list tailored specifically for me this quarter. The titles on this list will serve as inspiration. I will also note technique, camera language as a form of communication, and make sure to check for “behind the scenes” portions on the DVD. These lists will include books/films I have already explored as parts of my own research, as well as titles suggested by my peers and professors. I already have decided to view Kurosawa films (as suggested by Shawn in my last crit). In addition, I would like to explore more Shirin Neshat films because her film Tooba resonated so strongly with me. The Bill Viola short shown in class on Tuesday also intrigued me, so I will follow up with his work. I hope to view two films per week on average. Over Spring Break I did a little bit of research on the DADA movement. I will continue this because DADA seems to be very compatible with DXARTS in its experimental nature. I will consult Dave/Zach and e-mail Shawn to improve this initial list.
The second part of my research will focus on collecting information from external sources. I plan on browsing online resources like YouTube, the links on our class website, and that one cow website (haha) to name a few. I will also review the power points from our class presentations. In this, I hope to learn more about After Effects, Steady Cam tricks, and specific lighting set ups. I also will look for resources that provide trained actors.
The last component of this quarter’s research will involve physical experiments with the camera and other materials. For this, I will seek the help of Julia and Alexis. I know that Alexis has conducted several experiments (unraveling a head, metallic goop…and lots of other goops come to think of it), and I need Julia’s skills as a photographer to explore the 18mm film camera.
THREE FILMS
As mentioned, I will complete three short films, “short” being a duration under 5-6 minutes. This first will be a reedit of Blackbird, the last film of Winter Quarter. The second will be a solo project that is already in development. Please check my blog at the end of this weekend for more details. The last film will be a collaborative project. Development for this project will begin this Friday.
The Blackbird Reedit
-meet with Shawn next week
-consider title further
-is the sound at best quality it can be? (seek Cody)
-typography is terrible, needs improvement (Katilin?)
-reedit noose section (sheet blowing onto branch? sheet wrapping around her neck?)
-determine if a re-shoot is necessary
-is my actress available? her schedule?
-leading through the sheets portion needs more momentum…how to accomplish this
Collaborative Film
-push myself into new zones, open myself up and learn from my peers’ viewpoints, opportunity for larger/more complex production, can really create sets, use the power of multiple minds and multiple hands to accomplish one film as a class
New Solo Project
-check my blog Sunday
IMPROVING
I am taking all my past crits into consideration. My goal is improvement and taking advantage of the Henry opportunity. I need to talk with Dave/Shawn/Zach to help orient myself in the directions I need to be facing and running towards. I want to get to the moon, and past the hand that’s pointing at it! ^_-
CALENDAR
This weekend – meet with people working on collaborative piece, decide on subject matter, begin to storyboard that piece, storyboard my individual project, begin to gather actors, scout locations, camera experiments with Alexis, watch 2 films, online research, continue DADA research, schedule Steady Cam, gather props, review power points, see if Fama is available for r-eshoot, show Fama film
Week 1 (April 7th – 14th) –schedule Freemont, begin to film individual project, see where filming is for group project, pick up new camera, camera experiments with Julia, train/get Steady Cam, re-shoot with Fama? Know her schedule, meet with Shawn about blackbird
Week 2 (April 14th – 21) continue/finish filming for both projects (@ Freemont?), begin capturing/editing footage, dxconcert, watch 2 films
Week 3 (April 21st – 28) begin editing like crazy, edit for concert…and more editing, if possible have first edits done, bring to dave/zach/shawn for crit, class crit? If possible, finish Fama film.
Week 4 (April 28th – May 5th) keep editing. Have editing finished by May 3rd.
Week 5 (May 5th – 12th) Stuff in the can for the Henry. Anything that was said to be dropped for the Henry feel free to work on it now.
Week 6 (May 12th – 19th) Extra credit film with Julia and alexis? Something fun, like dancing or a music video, cut loose a bit. Just watch a lot of films.
Week 7 (May 19th – 26th) the Henry! Woot! Then go out of town to get my game on
ABSTRACT
This quarter, I would like to venture into new media/technology and expand production. This will be accomplished through three films: one old, one new, and one a little bit different! In terms of new media/technology, I would like to familiarize myself with/and work with the Steady Cam. On April 10th, I will receive a $20,000 18mm film camera. Experiments with the 18mm versus digital camera will contribute to the new media theme. Also, if deemed to significantly contribute to my work, I would finally like to break into After Effects. In terms of production value, again my goal is to bear down on preproduction. I will require myself to have complete storyboards, organize resources, and to the best of my ability, solve potential problems prior to filming. I plan on reviewing the power point presentations and conducting my own research to further knowledge on specific lighting, camera techniques, etc. This knowledge will help to improve production value. I would also like to seek out trained actors through the Internet or the UW theatre school. In addition, I wish to take advantage of the Freemont resource. The production value boost will be concentrated into a collaborative film, which I hope to pull several members of the class into. In sum, through a new film, a reedit, and a collaborative project, I plan to explore new media/technology/techniques and improve as a filmmaker while readying myself for the Henry exhibition. Hopefully, by May 5th, I will be able to present 3 short films (all under 5-6 minutes) for Henry consideration.
RESEARCH
I would like to compose a reading/viewing list tailored specifically for me this quarter. The titles on this list will serve as inspiration. I will also note technique, camera language as a form of communication, and make sure to check for “behind the scenes” portions on the DVD. These lists will include books/films I have already explored as parts of my own research, as well as titles suggested by my peers and professors. I already have decided to view Kurosawa films (as suggested by Shawn in my last crit). In addition, I would like to explore more Shirin Neshat films because her film Tooba resonated so strongly with me. The Bill Viola short shown in class on Tuesday also intrigued me, so I will follow up with his work. I hope to view two films per week on average. Over Spring Break I did a little bit of research on the DADA movement. I will continue this because DADA seems to be very compatible with DXARTS in its experimental nature. I will consult Dave/Zach and e-mail Shawn to improve this initial list.
The second part of my research will focus on collecting information from external sources. I plan on browsing online resources like YouTube, the links on our class website, and that one cow website (haha) to name a few. I will also review the power points from our class presentations. In this, I hope to learn more about After Effects, Steady Cam tricks, and specific lighting set ups. I also will look for resources that provide trained actors.
The last component of this quarter’s research will involve physical experiments with the camera and other materials. For this, I will seek the help of Julia and Alexis. I know that Alexis has conducted several experiments (unraveling a head, metallic goop…and lots of other goops come to think of it), and I need Julia’s skills as a photographer to explore the 18mm film camera.
THREE FILMS
As mentioned, I will complete three short films, “short” being a duration under 5-6 minutes. This first will be a reedit of Blackbird, the last film of Winter Quarter. The second will be a solo project that is already in development. Please check my blog at the end of this weekend for more details. The last film will be a collaborative project. Development for this project will begin this Friday.
The Blackbird Reedit
-meet with Shawn next week
-consider title further
-is the sound at best quality it can be? (seek Cody)
-typography is terrible, needs improvement (Katilin?)
-reedit noose section (sheet blowing onto branch? sheet wrapping around her neck?)
-determine if a re-shoot is necessary
-is my actress available? her schedule?
-leading through the sheets portion needs more momentum…how to accomplish this
Collaborative Film
-push myself into new zones, open myself up and learn from my peers’ viewpoints, opportunity for larger/more complex production, can really create sets, use the power of multiple minds and multiple hands to accomplish one film as a class
New Solo Project
-check my blog Sunday
IMPROVING
I am taking all my past crits into consideration. My goal is improvement and taking advantage of the Henry opportunity. I need to talk with Dave/Shawn/Zach to help orient myself in the directions I need to be facing and running towards. I want to get to the moon, and past the hand that’s pointing at it! ^_-
CALENDAR
This weekend – meet with people working on collaborative piece, decide on subject matter, begin to storyboard that piece, storyboard my individual project, begin to gather actors, scout locations, camera experiments with Alexis, watch 2 films, online research, continue DADA research, schedule Steady Cam, gather props, review power points, see if Fama is available for r-eshoot, show Fama film
Week 1 (April 7th – 14th) –schedule Freemont, begin to film individual project, see where filming is for group project, pick up new camera, camera experiments with Julia, train/get Steady Cam, re-shoot with Fama? Know her schedule, meet with Shawn about blackbird
Week 2 (April 14th – 21) continue/finish filming for both projects (@ Freemont?), begin capturing/editing footage, dxconcert, watch 2 films
Week 3 (April 21st – 28) begin editing like crazy, edit for concert…and more editing, if possible have first edits done, bring to dave/zach/shawn for crit, class crit? If possible, finish Fama film.
Week 4 (April 28th – May 5th) keep editing. Have editing finished by May 3rd.
Week 5 (May 5th – 12th) Stuff in the can for the Henry. Anything that was said to be dropped for the Henry feel free to work on it now.
Week 6 (May 12th – 19th) Extra credit film with Julia and alexis? Something fun, like dancing or a music video, cut loose a bit. Just watch a lot of films.
Week 7 (May 19th – 26th) the Henry! Woot! Then go out of town to get my game on
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