Directions - Self portraiture THE PLAN

THE PLAN

in this post I will explain my formatting choices, shooting style/visual language, and a summary of the talking points and content of the film.

Visual Language

I want this short to express my creative process visually, my process begins with  tiny fragmented, half formed snippets, memories and ideas, and then through the process of research, review, exploration and focus, these slowly form into a solid build, a backbone for a project.
 I plan to translate this into film by starting with a narrator, voicing over appropriate visual metaphors and short sections of my older works, as the film goes on I want to use more and more fresh footage, with less and less old stock.
 I will not show my face until the start of the third act, this is a deliberate decision and i do this to allow for a stronger focus on my mind, rather than my physical body.

Shooting Decisions

I want to shoot the first two acts of this project gorilla style using my smartphone, this should provide a raw, real feeling to the whole thing, it needs to feel dirty, it needs to feel intrusive, it needs to feel like the camera is a part of events, it needs to ignore the 4th wall.

during the third act I want it to feel crisp, clean, planned and slightly clinical, I want to shoot using an EX1, diegeticly lit. I want to do this so I can contrast with the earlier sections, show the difference between my mind at work and my mind at home or at play.

I want to shoot a few 24hr time lapse shots from my window, I want to use these to express the passage of time and the changing of focus between acts.

Content Summary

each act has a theme, a focus, a series of talking points. I will express these through narration primarily, the tone, going from fragmented and metaphoric, in the first act,expressive and emotional in the second, and ending with direct and confident in the third. this will mirror and hopefully exacerbate the effects of my planned visuals. 

 Below is an abbreviated overview of what each act is actually about. 

ACTS:

act 1 at home

act one will express how i feel and act when alone, how breathe, how i rest, how I relax and how I exist without human input.

act 2 with friends

act 2 will express how I am socially, how i exist among others outside of my work, how I express, how I relieve stress, how I distract myself, how i emote, how I relax, how I care.

act 3 at work

act three will express how I think, how I work, How I concentrate, how I compute, how I exist in action, my diligence, my intelligence and my love for what I try and do.