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done and about to leave!

2008-05-09T15:34:00.000-07:00

I'm all done with Daydreamers, IT'S TOTALLY FINISHED!

I'm about to leave for Guatemala, where I'm going to have a blast and make a documentary film!!!

See everyone in three weeks!

Daydreamers

2008-04-19T12:19:00.001-07:00

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What happens when a teenager in saturday detention lets his mind wander...

NOTE: This cut is missing a lot of sound effects, I have a more finished one that I didn't put up online.

update

2008-04-17T14:30:00.000-07:00

Currently, my project is going smoothly, I have it about 99% completed, all I have to do is add some audio. Of course, I will take into consideration anything Jared says, and I will be posting the video on my blog as soon as possible!

daydreamer hero still

2008-04-05T09:00:00.000-07:00

Here's the still from the beginning of the fight scene. This is probably my favorite shot of the film... once you see you'll understand.

daydreamers script

2008-04-05T08:49:00.001-07:00

lots has happened!

2008-04-05T08:42:00.000-07:00

Well, It's been a while since I've posted a blog. Since then, I've drafted a new idea for a script called Daydreamers, I've cast my roles, I've shot all of my footage, and I've completed a first cut of the film!

title

2008-02-04T16:06:00.000-08:00

One Moment

Moment

Moment In Time

A Moment In Time

other

2008-02-02T13:26:00.001-08:00

ICA Film Project

The film begins is black and white, and very selective sound. For example, simple ambience noise, and specific sound effects.

When the film goes into the woman’s memory, we are brought into a world of full color, surround sound, and a mixture of images.

Lastly, when we are brought back into the present, the film goes back to black and white with selective sound.

BRAND NEW IDEA

2008-02-02T13:21:00.001-08:00

new idea on story

2008-02-02T13:13:00.001-08:00

Okay, so, the kid, his name's Marcus and he gets accepted to college. He's in the phase where he needs to talk to all the people he's close to, and decide what to do. His mother wants him to go, his father doesn't really want him to go, and he best friend Trey really doesn't want him to go. Anyway, he talks to people, and we see their sides, and reasons, and it's all emotional and intense, and in the end he decides to go!!! But his friend Trey wants him to go on one last "outing" with some friends, and they're mixed up with bad stuff, and in the last frames of the film we hear gunshots, really loud that make the audience jump, and we briefly see Marcus getting hit, or bleeding, or crying or something, we know that he's gotten shot somehow, and then it just ends and all goes black.

And, I can see this all in my head, and it looks good, for now.

treatment

2008-02-02T13:12:00.004-08:00

The film centers around a teen who must make the decision of whether to leave his friends and family behind for college, or miss out on the college experience for what he's always known and loved. The film goes through a few periods of his life, when he's younger and dealing with his parent's split up, and then older, trying to make the difficult decision.

updatae

2008-02-02T13:12:00.003-08:00

I've started a script, it has no name yet, but I have started writing. It gives me a chance to discover who the characters are, and how they interact with each other. This does not mean I know what the whole story is, or how it's going to play out. This is simply a draft, a way for me to flesh out ideas. It's an outline, a bunch of ideas, but in an orderly manner. That's all.

2008-02-02T13:12:00.001-08:00

Yes, I'm afraid so. Joe brought up an interesting idea, the idea that the friend is the father, they are one. But, I'm afraid I don't think this will be the case. I like the idea of two very different characters, both with similar intentions. This would be, trying to keep the kid home, not having him leave for college.

Now let's make things more interesting. The kids friend doesn't want him to leave, and he's not exactly a model citizen. He's gotten in some trouble lately, he might have had a run in with the police or something... maybe that's crazy... no nothing is crazy! But, realistically, he gets into trouble and maybe it involves the police. This kid who wants to get into college, maybe he was involved in this, and this is something that maybe makes trying to get into college more difficult. Anyway, his friend doesn't want him to go, because they've been friends since the beginning, they go "way back".

So the question is does this kid want to go or not? If he had a brush with violence, maybe this is making it more difficult, and he really wants to go... or not, who knows.

Let's say that the film somehow progresses through a few stages of his life. Maybe we begin when he's younger and we see him dealing with problems that his parents are having. We then see him a little older, and his parent's separation, or whatever. Then, he's at the age all of the college stuff begins, and this whole thing with the parents is important because it creates division and conflict with an already difficult decision.

Pretty crazy...
I'll be back soon

2008-02-02T13:11:00.000-08:00

So, where might this kid live? Maybe in a poorer community. What race is he? Is he Hispanic, or African American? How is his community, is it a violent place to live in? Has he seen violence as a kid, has he experienced violence has a kid? If so, how has it affected him? If he has, would that be a reason for him to leave, or is he comfortable with it because that's how he sees a normal life?

Does he respect a certain parent more, thus, does he side with one parent's beliefs and wishes more than the other?

What does he want to do when he's older? Does he really want to be like his father, even though his father wants it so badly? If he doesn't, then why would he want to stay? Is he afraid of how his father will react if he decides to leave? Is he afraid of his father, has his father hurt him in the past? Has he abused him in some way that prevents the kid from speaking out against him? If so, is that really a good reason to not go to college?

How does he do in school? Are his grades good? Maybe he does really well in school, and part of the struggle is that his teachers believe strongly in him and want him to go to college.

How does he impact the community and the greater world around him?

my goals and ideas

2008-02-02T13:10:00.001-08:00

Make a film, that's what I need to accomplish this year. If possible, make more than one film, but focus on finishing a good first piece before thinking about a second one.

I want to make a film about something that I feel strongly about, I want to make a film possibly in a genre that I've never explored before. I want to make a film that looks beautiful, lots of concentration on cinematography, which would complement the theme of the film.

Possible themes:

family struggles
pain
loneliness
victory
revenge
confusion

Ideas:

a student doesn't know what to do, go to college or not, and stay behind his his friends. His family is mixed, his mother wants him to go to college but his father doesn't want him to go. His mother and father are divorced and his mother knows the importance of a college education. But his father can't see his boy leave for college, it's so far away and it seems like a waste of money, his father never went to college. His father has a blue collar job, he works as a car mechanic, or he does some type of manual labor. As a kid, the father made something of his life by learning how to fix cars and so part of him wants his son to follow in his footsteps. It's not that he thinks college is bad or anything, he just doesn't think it's the right path for his son.

The kid, his friends don't want him to leave, they think college is silly, and just a waste of money. The kid is faced with peer pressure from his friends and his family, and he must make the choice, the difficult thing is that he doesn't know where his heat and his loyalty lies, he doesn't know what's best for him because the people who want him to go into college are telling him it's for the best, but the people he's known all his life, like his friends and his father, who he trusts, are saying he shouldn't. So what should he do? Should he leave for college? Will it be a waste of time and money? Or should he stay behind, and follow the path of his father, a path that's riddled with little money, but family values?

It's all up to him, but how does one pick?

new blog

2008-02-02T13:09:00.001-08:00

That's right people, this is my first blog in the fast forward class of 2007-2008, and boy oh boy am I pumped!

Unfortunately, I have no idea what I want to do for my project, but when I do, I will let you know.