Hey blog readers, I hope everything's going well. I finished my show! It was incredible and tears were wept considering it's my last show in the school's theater program ever. I’m still clinging onto the experience which is why I’m starting the blog post with that status update :) In the past couple of days, I’m going to be honest Sofía and I haven’t done too much action-based work… More thinking and plotting which is why this blog post is dedicated to a re-evaluation on what we need to film vs. what we already have, with reference to the structure of our first episode helping us determine what gaps we have to fill.
Intro (0:00-1:30 ish):
This part of the episode is probably the one Sofia and I are having the most problems on, as we know the feeling we want from it yet aren’t sure about what specific shots will get us there. For this part of the five minutes, we are starting by introducing the “state of the world” that we are attempting to confront, being one of disconnect, loneliness, and oftentimes hopelessness.
For this, we want to build intensity to get to a final question that introduces Sofia and I for the first time, being something along the lines of “What do you think?” coming from the psychologist. Leading up to that question, we want shots of people using their phones rather isolated or candid shots that portray individuals not interacting with others, with editing coming into play as the psychologist voiceover moves the shots. We also want it to lead to contrasting shots of fun moments/ group moments that we have already begun capturing, as we are showing an extended part of the reality of the “state of our world”, showing that hope isn’t lost and connection is available and alive.
Below is a video I took on my friend Julia’s Sony camera as we were hanging out at the beach to film for her Portfolio project, taking the opportunity to film for the moments of “connection” for our intro:
This week we also recorded the psychologist shots that we will be using mainly for voiceovers, meaning the main things we want to film for next week include candid shots of people alone/ for the DISCONNECTED sequence, more shots of people spending time together doing fun activities for the CONNECTED sequence, and Sofia and I's introduction after responding to the psychologist's question "What do you think?" regarding all the information she gives about the state of the world. We will take our camera to school to film shots like the school hallway tomorrow, as we want to maybe put it in slow-motion in the less intense part of the intro montage.
Additional shots that are already taken other than the ones mentioned include:
- Local community hub/Introducing location montage
- B-roll of the park where the airplane community meets at
- 2 long interviews of people in the "airplane community": my dad and his friend Armando (we had to adjust to people's schedules so the person we originally thought it was going to be can't do it anymore) + B-roll of each interviewee where they store their airplane supplies, etc...
- 1 short interview of an additional friend of my dad's from the "airplane community" to include after the introduction of the park (purpose: to have 3 main subjects that the episode revolves around before meeting the whole group at the park; more personal perspectives)
- Any interviews of Sofia and I/ Voiceovers if we see we need to help with narrative (probably won't be needing these types of shots other than in the intro)
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