Thursday, November 29, 2012
final project shooting script
INTRO
Title animation sequence
Slides of candid school scene photos with public licensing
from deviantart.com as well as Vassar College Archives.
Edited mix of Vera Lynn song “We’ll Meet Again.”
EXT. BENNET COLLEGE SITE - DAWN, FOG
Hand cam shot- Tyler talking about Bennett college and turns
the camera at Jake.
Tyler
"Ahhh. Bennett College. Doesn't look so
scary!" You scared Jake?"
Points camera towards Jake for ECU.
Jake
" No!"
Tyler
"You sure? You look scared!"
Text-
Bennett College
Millbrook
NY
10/28/2012
Fade- In
TYLER WALKS THROUGH THE GRASS TOWARDS THE ABANDONED
BUILDING, HIS CHEST STARTS TO POUND, HE CATCHES HIS BREATH. VISIBILITY IS A
PROBLEM AND THE FLASHLIGHT IN HIS left HAND BARELY GLOWS THROUGH THE DENSE FOG.
Tyler
“I have been past this place like 100 times.”
Jake
“Me too.”
Tyler
“I heard that kids always come up here to hang out. It’s
haunted and that like 100 girls were killed by the ghost of some crazy teacher!”
Jake
“Shut up man!”
Tyler
“HAHAHA I’m just messing with you Jake! Nobody ever comes up
here!”
Jake
“Wait….What?”
Tyler
“HAHAHAHA.
JAKE NOTICES A LOW GLOW COMING FROM THE PORCH. TYLER RUSHES
THROUGH, CALLING FOR JAKE WHO CAME WITH HIM TO INVESTIGATE THE OLD GIRLS
SCHOOL. SUDDENLY, TYLER HEARS A NOISE BEHIND HIM AND SEE’S JAKE WALKING ABOUT
75 YARDS BACK. WITH A TERRIFIED YET PUZZLED LOOK, TYLER STOPS IN HIS TRACKS AND
WAITS.
Tyler
“What are you stopping for?”
Jake points ahead at the glow, which has now intensified.
Jake
“Is that a girl?”
EXT. BUILDING THE BOYS WALK TOWARDS THE BUILDING
The girl is sitting on the second step of the building. Her
long dark hair is messed and she is staring down at her hands. A flickering
glow surrounds her as she appears to be whispering something. As the boys
approach, she becomes silent, scowling she looks up. The boys stop in their
tracks. Terrified, Jake drops his flashlight. The two boys turn and run towards
the darkness. Suddenly a bright light shines in their face, stopping them in
their tracks. The girl blocks the way, holding the flashlight.
Bree
“You dropped
something.”
The boys turn and begin to run when they hear a mans voice
over a walkie talkie.
OVERDUB POLICE CONVERSATION
“Yeah I saw a car parked over by the side entrance. I’m
going to go investigate.”
“10-4. Prolly just kids, but who knows with that place.”
“Roger that. I hate coming out here.”
THE GIRL RUSHES TOWARDS THE SCHOOL, CALLING THE BOYS TO
FOLLOW HER.
The girl goes through the door and down the hallway to the
back room as the boys follow. (youtube interior footage)
Jake
“Man you are so stupid! Now we are gonna get arrested!”
Tyler
“Jake shut up! Where is your sense of adventure! Laughs….
“This place is amazing!”
“I bet some girl was killed right here!”
EXT. BLODGETT HALL, DOORWAY EXIT
PUSH SHOT OF THE THREE LEAVING THE DOOR OF BLODGETT HALL.
THEY THEN RUN AWAY FROM BUILDING
EXT. CAR SHOT
OVERDUB POLICE RADIO
Unit 7 to HQ. Yeah It was just kids. I am watching them run
to a gold Jeep plate number edward
William edward 7085.
The three run towards jeep and enter. Tyler drives. Girl
front. Jake back pass.
INT. CAR SHOT BLUE SCREEN WINDOWS
Tyler drives away from school. Gps navigation shows route,
with intermitting loss and static.
Jake
“haha that was close!”
Tyler
“Let’s
just get the hell out of here!”
Driving -blue screen footage-
Jake
“What
are we going to do with her?”
Driving. Girl starts to laugh. act erratic. Yelling.
Tantrum.
Tyler
“What
the fuck? Shut up!
Girl acts more possessed, rocks back and forth.
Jake
“Tyler…. Kick her out”
Tyler
“Get
Out!!”
“Holy
Shit!” Slams brakes. Everyone lunges forward.
Jody - In road. Blue screen footage
Standing still. Then lunges with over head shot.
Ext. shot in road.
Car in ditch. Pass door open. Girl gone. Tyler and Jake passed out.
ENDING NARRATIVE AND SLIDES
(V.O)
Bennett College eventually closed it’s doors in the fall of
1976. The dean of the college, Dr. Jane Shore, claimed that due to financial
reasons the school couldn’t compete with other ivy league schools.
In June of 1977,
Bennett College was in the headlines again when NY state police filed charges
against former professor, Nancy Augusta. Citing that while teaching history at
the elaborate all girl school, Professor Augusta mentally and physically
tortured several students leading to the eventual deaths of 38 girls in the 15
years she was employed at the school.
In August of 1977,
the story took another turn as Professor Augusta committed suicide while in her
cell at the Millbrook NY police barracks. In the following years there have
been 9 unexplained and sudden deaths in the same cell that her body was found.
End Slide sequence with 3d animation.
ECU SHOT OF GIRL SCREAMING
Girl screams a few
times and then abruptly stops
Freeze Frame to Rolling End Credits
CLOSING CREDITS
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Collaborative Project Script
Title: 8-BALL
FADE IN
INT: NEW YORK FANCY APARTMENT
We see gold handles of a mohogany door turn as JEFFREY, a well dressed man in his 40’s, walks in.
JEFFREY enters into what looks like an expensive apartment and loosens his tie as he walks through a long hallway. As he makes his way through the halllway, we see a woman in red, ELZA, crossing behind him.
INT: BILLIARD ROOM
JEFFREY passes the pool table where the game is waiting to be played. He opens it up with a great shot. With satisfaction on his face he walks over to the bar and pours himself a drink.
Suddenly he sees ELZA standing by the pool table. She is wearing a sleek long red dress.
JEFFREY
You really should get some sleep my darling.
ELZA does not move. She looks upset.
JEFFREY goes over to kiss her. She turns away.
ELZA
It’s 3 AM.
JEFFREY
Precisely
ELZA
Where were you?
JEFFREY
Making money honey. The stock market never sleeps, you know that. When its night time here, its morning in Hong Kong. Someone has to pay for all these expensive shoes and dresses my dear.
ELZA holds up what looks like a dark hair strand.
ELZA
What is this?
JEFFREY is looking at the hair.
JEFFREY
I give up, what is it?
ELZA
I found it in our bed.
JEFFREY
Then it’s probably our cleaning lady’s.
ELZA
Anna is a blonde.
JEFFREY
C’mon honey, then it must be mine. Alright.
JEFFREY takes the hair and tries it on his head. It is obviously much longer than his. Elza is in disbelief.
JEFFREY
Now can we go to bed. Lets talk about it in the morning.
ELZA
I’m leaving
JEFFREY
Honey, I love you, alright. It’s nothing, lets go to bed, I’ve got an early breakfast meeting.
ELZA
I mean it. I’ve had enough; I’m leaving.
ELZA turns to leave.
JEFFREY
Actually no, you’re not!
JEFFREY crabs ELZA’S hand. She pulls it away.
ELZAS walks away, only to stop at the pool table, where she picks up the 8-ball and throws it to the table.
We see JEFFREY standing there disappointed. We hear the keys being dropped on the table as she is leaving.
FADE TO BLACK.
Saturday, November 10, 2012
editing my portfolio
I edited a couple pics in my portfolio. The first was a vector drawing of a gray alien that I did in Illustrator. I wanted to accentuate the eyes, so I added a bit of color and also toned down the face a bit.
The second edit I did was to my house composition. I have been doing some work digging up old photos for my final project and I wanted to re-create the look of an old photo. I used the hue and saturation and messed around with the gain some and I think I accomplished what I was after.
The second edit I did was to my house composition. I have been doing some work digging up old photos for my final project and I wanted to re-create the look of an old photo. I used the hue and saturation and messed around with the gain some and I think I accomplished what I was after.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Collaborating on project
I hate people! I like to sit in my room and work in the middle of the night by myself! I do not like people!
Only kidding, although I have been working steadily by my lonesome or with my eldest son, who also does film and graphics etc., I am quite accustomed to working with others on projects. I owned the recording studio and worked with so many people on various projects that I had to either collaborate or starve, which will humble a person remarkably fast. The team I am on, seems to be a pretty talented bunch. Two girls that are into music, which I can relate to as I produced hip hop music for almost 20 years. Hopefully we can figure out not only a project pretty quickly but a means of distributing files and workload. I am quite open to any and all aspects of the project regardless of what they may be. I do graphics, film, editing, sound, writing (just had a short story publishd for the second time) as well as animation. I use final cut, cs6,various 3d modeling apps,final draft, and have a soundproof editing suite with 2 seperate dual monitored mac workstations. I have a few different cameras, canon xlh1a with 3 different lenses, a sony vx1000 3 chip sd cam as well as a canon sd handi cam. Like I said, I am ready and open for anything. My only downfall is I will be away from the 14th to the 25th of November but will have the macbook with me so will be able to do any work while away short of shooting.
Bennett College Project
I shot everything last weekend, and am wrapping up all post work today. I will post a sneak peak in a little bit........
Monday, October 29, 2012
Updated script assignment
EXT. BENNET COLLEGE SITE - DAWN, FOG
TYLER WALKS THROUGH THE TALL GRASS TOWARDS THE ABANDONED
BUILDING, HIS CHEST STARTS TO POUND, HE CATCHES HIS BREATH. VISIBILITY IS A
PROBLEM AND THE FLASHLIGHT IN HIS RIGHT HAND BARELY GLOWS THROUGH THE DENSE
FOG. HE NOTICES A LOW GLOW COMING FROM
THE PORCH. HE RUSHES THROUGH, CALLING FOR JAKE WHO CAME WITH HIM TO INVESTIGATE
THE OLD GIRLS SCHOOL. SUDDENLY, TYLER HEARS A NOISE BEHIND HIM AND SEE’S JAKE
WALKING ABOUT 75 YARDS BACK. WITH A TERRIFIED YET PUZZLED LOOK, TYLER STOPS IN
HIS TRACKS AND WAITS.
Tyler
“What are you stopping for?”
Jake points ahead at the glow, which has now intensified.
Jake
“Is that a girl?”
EXT. BUILDING THE BOYS WALK TOWARDS THE BUILDING
The girl is sitting on the second step of the building. Her
long dark hair is messed and she is staring down at her hands. A flickering
glow surrounds her as she appears to be whispering something. As the boys
approach, she becomes silent, scowling she looks up. The boys stop in their
tracks. Terrified, Jake drops his flashlight. The two boys turn and run towards
the darkness. Suddenly a bright light shines in their face, stopping them in
their tracks. The girl blocks the way, holding the flashlight.
Bree
“You dropped
something.”
The boys turn and begin to run when they hear some chanting.
THE GIRL RUSHES TOWARDS THE SCHOOL, CALLING THE BOYS TO
FOLLOW HER.
The girl goes through the door and down the hallway to the
back room as the boys follow. (youtube interior footage)
EXT. BLODGETT HALL, DOORWAY EXIT
PUSH SHOT OF THE THREE LEAVING THE DOOR OF BLODGETT HALL.
THEY THEN RUN AWAY FROM BUILDING
EXT. CAR SHOT
The three run towards jeep and enter. Tyler drives. Girl
front. Jake back pass.
INT. CAR SHOT BLUE SCREEN WINDOWS
Tyler drives away from school. Gps navigation shows route, with
intermitting loss and static.
Jake
“haha that was close!”
Tyler
“Let’s
just get the hell out of here!”
Driving-
Jake
“What
are we going to do with her?”
Driving. Girl starts to laugh. act erratic. Yelling.
Tantrum.
Tyler
“What
the fuck? Shut up!
Girl acts more possessed, rocks back and forth.
Jake
“Tyler…. Kick her out”
Tyler
“Get
Out!!”
“Holy
Shit!” Slams brakes. Everyone lunges forward.
Jody - In
road. Blue screen footage
Standing still. Then lunges with over head shot.
Ext. shot in road.
Car in ditch. Pass door open. Girl gone. Tyler and Jake passed out.
CLOSING CREDITS
SHOT LIST
EXTERIOR SHOTS
AT BENNETT COLLEGE.
Close up of Tyler and Jake talking about the school being
haunted on handi cam.
Tyler and Jake standing in front of the bushes.
Side pan shot of the boys walking in field.
Over the shoulder shot of Jake following Tyler heading
towards the entrance.
Shot in front of Tyler when he turns noticing Jake has
stopped.
Close up of tyler dialog
Close up of Jake dialog
Boys running/jogging away dropping flashlight
Boys stopping / girl in front with flashlight/ dialog.
Bree running towards building motioning, boys follow.
Pan of three entering car.
Close of Tyler entering car.
EXTERIOR SHOTS
AT BLODGETT HALL
Push shot of Bree sitting on stairs. Head down.
Pan of the three going in.
Push of the three running from entrance.
Pan of the three running away.
INTERIOR SHOTS
OF CAR
Shot from rear three in car.
Shot from rear Tyler dialog.
Push Tyler dialog through window.
Rear shot of erratic girl.
Push through window of girl erratic.
Extreme close Jake dialog.
Extreme close of girl laughing.
Driving with cam on level dash to be used with blue screen
footage/chroma key.
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Script Writing Assignment
EXT. BENNET COLLEGE SITE - DAWN, FOG
JOHN WALKS THROUGH THE TALL GRASS TOWARDS THE ABANDONED BUILDING, HIS CHEST STARTS TO POUND, HE CATCHES HIS BREATH. VISIBILITY IS A PROBLEM AND THE FLASHLIGHT IN HIS RIGHT HAND BARELY GLOWS THROUGH THE DENSE FOG. HE REACHES THE LOW BRICK WALL AND NOTICES A LOW GLOW COMING FROM THE PORCH. HE RUSHES THROUGH, CALLING FOR RICK WHO CAME WITH HIM TO INVESTIGATE THE OLD GIRLS SCHOOL. SUDDENLY, JOHN HEARS A NOISE BEHIND HIM AND SEE’S RICK WALKING ABOUT 75 YARDS BACK. WITH A TERRIFIED YET PUZZLED LOOK, RICK STOPS IN HIS TRACKS AND WAITS.
John
“What are you stopping for?”
Rick points ahead at the glow, which has now intensified.
Rick
“I think we found her.”
THE MEN WALK TOWARDS THE BUILDING
The girl is sitting on the second step of the building. Her long dark hair is messed and she is staring down at her hands. A flickering glow surrounds her as she appears to be whispering something. As the men approach, she becomes silent, scowling she looks up. The men stop in their tracks. Terrified, John drops his flashlight. The two men turn and run towards the darkness. Suddenly a whirling light flew over head and stopped right in front of the men, stopping them in their tracks. The flashlight floats up to waist level, and turns towards the men, blinding them.
Girl (whispering)
“You seem to have dropped something.”
The men turn to run and notice several men approaching with rifles and flashlights.
Rick (yelling)
“It’s a witch hunt!”
The men run following the girl towards the abandoned building. The girl turns towards the mob of men chasing them and with an angry glare causes a tree to fall, stopping the men.
John (screaming)
“Holy Shit! What Are You!”
The girl runs through the door and down the hallway to the back room as the men follow.
Monday, October 22, 2012
sound composition
I created this bed from foley sounds that I have collected over the years and also recorded. I wrote a narrative that is based on a trip I took this past weekend to town. While shooting for a video for another class, I saw this old guy walking down the sidewalk. I have seen him many times before and he always seemed lonely. I have tried to talk to him, yet he just nods and keeps walking. Pretty sad, either way.
Here is the soundcloud link to my comp
Here is the soundcloud link to my comp
Media Arts Project Concept
For my project I am going to shoot a short horror video, with the premise of a young girl who has telekinetic powers. Sort of like firestarter I suppose haha! Anyway, I will be shooting with either my sony vx1000 camera or possibly the canon xl h1 hd camera that my buddy has. I would be using my family as actors because they are easily accesible and will do release forms with them. I have an idea of where to shoot an exterior shot, an old girls school that is abandoned and rumoured to be haunted. Either way it is pretty creepy! Here is a pic of the school that I found online.
I will be using Final Cut Pro and After Effects for special effects. I will then upload to youtube and supply the link for class to view.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Visual Image Sequence
This short tale tells the story of a girl longtime companion, a rat that lives in her basement.
Friday, September 28, 2012
Non Linear Flowchart
For my
interactive flowchart, I chose to create an interactive reel for a film company
idea my son and I had. With this flowchart, it shows how this promo dvd would
allow the viewer to modify the sequence of viewing how we created some of our projects.
The user has the ability to view how we set up and edit scenes in the digital
video medium. They also can see how an animated character is brought to life
using computer animation. The last menu would show some of the behind the
scenes techniques for creating special effects. The user can then select to
watch the full video short or 3d animated short.
Media Arts Skill Set's
I have always tried to stay involved in many aspects of video, sound, graphic and 3d imagery. Some of the programs that I have learned are:
Pro Tools- I built and ran a recording studio based around a Pro Tools setup back in the early 2000's. I would consider myself pretty adequate in editing as well as recording, although I haven't used the software in a few years!
Final Cut Pro- I have been using this software since it's introduction in 1999 or 2000. Before this I used media 100 which was a hardware based platform. I also occasionally used the Avid system at my job. With Final Cut, I would consider myself very good. I plan on taking the certification program offered by Apple so that I can pick up work as an editor.
After Effects- I have been using after effects for quite some time as well. Originally as just a text generation plug in, but now for full special effects, masking and keying. I use this program probably more than any other software because the ease and quality of the finished compositions look amazing. I would consider myself pretty good at this program as well.
Photoshop- I have also been using Photoshop since I believe version 3 or 4. The days when creating an alpha was more than just exporting as a png, when you really had to mask out! I am very comfortable in Photoshop and would love to take the cert classes for this as well. I am very efficient.
Illustrator- This is one program that I use, not as often as I should and plan to do more tooling around with. If I need to create vectors or re-draw, this is my tool of choice, I just don't have the time to play around with it in my free time. For this reason, I feel I am way less comfortable in AI than in PS. I am ok though, not great.
Maya- I am learning the 3d world on my own and it is coming together pretty good. I am still learning how to edit nurbs and be more efficient but in time I will grasp it totally.
Nuke- I am just learning this program. I will have to update this as I go!
Poser- I am pretty good at using poser to create and layout 3d scenes.
Pro Tools- I built and ran a recording studio based around a Pro Tools setup back in the early 2000's. I would consider myself pretty adequate in editing as well as recording, although I haven't used the software in a few years!
Final Cut Pro- I have been using this software since it's introduction in 1999 or 2000. Before this I used media 100 which was a hardware based platform. I also occasionally used the Avid system at my job. With Final Cut, I would consider myself very good. I plan on taking the certification program offered by Apple so that I can pick up work as an editor.
After Effects- I have been using after effects for quite some time as well. Originally as just a text generation plug in, but now for full special effects, masking and keying. I use this program probably more than any other software because the ease and quality of the finished compositions look amazing. I would consider myself pretty good at this program as well.
Photoshop- I have also been using Photoshop since I believe version 3 or 4. The days when creating an alpha was more than just exporting as a png, when you really had to mask out! I am very comfortable in Photoshop and would love to take the cert classes for this as well. I am very efficient.
Illustrator- This is one program that I use, not as often as I should and plan to do more tooling around with. If I need to create vectors or re-draw, this is my tool of choice, I just don't have the time to play around with it in my free time. For this reason, I feel I am way less comfortable in AI than in PS. I am ok though, not great.
Maya- I am learning the 3d world on my own and it is coming together pretty good. I am still learning how to edit nurbs and be more efficient but in time I will grasp it totally.
Nuke- I am just learning this program. I will have to update this as I go!
Poser- I am pretty good at using poser to create and layout 3d scenes.
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