pre-production

table of contents

50 interests

in class we were tasked with writing down at least 50 things we were interested in, or at least curious about. what follows is that.

the proposal

i've linked the document, since i pretty  much just read off of that. the class seems invested, which is a good sign.

the mood board

mood boarding isn't something i've always done, nor is it something that has ever really helped me solidify my story, so i was wary of how much i wanted to invest in the quality of the board. however, as i started, i found the act of compiling the mood board to be very helpful regarding the narrowing of the vision i was presenting. when certain images just clicked for me, i could analyze what about them it was that i liked. that ended up translating into a clarity in expressing what i could see in my little mental movie, but couldn't figure out how to put to words.

the playlist

 i made a playlist for this film when i was working on my third pass, trying to nail down the vibe i was looking for. i'm actually really proud of what i came up with, and i want to expand on what in particular about each song made me select it for the list. maybe this will help me hone in on my direction moving forward, maybe all i'll get out of it is the satisfaction of talking about my music.

you can find the playlist here if you're inclined to listen to it. 

production calendar

i work better on calendars when i make them in google sheets, so that's why this is the way it is. days will be greyed out as they pass.

the title

i've been mulling over possible titles for this piece. i feel like i need to come up with a more succinct way of referring to this than "title to be expanded once the project takes form" or "i dunno, tk's radical i guess". as such, i've decided to start workshopping potential titles. more to come as i think of more i guess.

what is it about?

in class today, we talked about narrowing our piece down to a single word or phrase, and then generating a list of images and sounds invoked by that phrase. the list i generated is mostly nonsensical, but it makes sense to me, which is really the only part that matters.

call sheet(s)

two of the very different call sheets i made for my two shoot days. one shoot was planned a significant amount ahead of time, one shoot wasn't even a thought in my head until two days before it happened.