Light it Up!

My job for the project is co-gaffer/grip, so my plan for the video is to just light the shit out of it!



The group met the other day to bounce around ideas and come up with a shooting schedule. As soon as we decided on a band, Sci-fi, the ideas just started flowing. We decided to go with something really stylized, which is great for me because it means that we can use different lighting techniques and filters and we can play with color. I was a little worried about lighting when we decided to shoot at night, but we are going to shoot at the Juggling Gypsy which has an excellent outdoor stage and a good amount of lights. We are also going to bring some lights with us just to make sure we have enough. I also put in a request for a marantz recorder and a shotgun mic just in case we want to record any extra sounds or something (I doubt we will, but it's better to have it and not use it then wish we had it).

I'm excited to get to work with lighting. It is probably the thing I know the least about but I'm a fast learner and I work well under pressure. Plus, if anything goes wrong, I can blame Dylan.

Self-Portrait Ideas

I've come up with a few ideas for my self-portrait. Every time I write one down, another one pops in my head. I haven't decided on one idea yet. I think if I develop these a little more, I'll be able to decide on one. Actually, I'll probably come up with more ideas and I'll never be able to make a decision (which just gave me another idea for the project).

1. I can't make a decision- I don't know how I'll do this one yet. I just came up with it.
2. My overactive imagination- I would like to combine live action and animation to convey how little time I spend in reality.
3. Not being able to get to sleep before 2 am and how I believe it is making me crazy- This would fall under the imagination idea since it is usually the ideas in my head that keep me up at night. Instead of animation I would probably use a lot of still images.
4. My best non-existent relationships- again would fall under my imagination. I want to use slow cuts of still images with narration. I'm afraid it might become too narrative though.
5. Being diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at 20- This would most likely be a mix of live action of me and culture jamming with RA medication commercials
6. Being extremely narcissistic despite myself- This would be about my love of me in spite of how society believes I should see myself. I'm afraid this one would turn into a documentary.

I had a few more ideas, but I believe these are my best. Hopefully I can decide which one to do soon. If I can't I'll post a poll on here and the 4 people who read this can decide.

Edit:

another idea

• I hate to wear shoes even in public places or outside. I don't know where I would go with that. Just a thought. I really hate shoes.

Response to assignment 1

My head hurts and I'm hungry