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Narrative Production Photos

Phrases and 1pg Script

"Way to go meat bags!"- Over heard this at a volleyball game where the theme was zombies. 

"Now thats some risky business."- One of my friends said this at a Halloween party concerning the many ridiculous costumes people wear these days. 

"Its not rocket science, if you want something you initiate it." A moms advice to her kid in the grocery store. 

"God is showing off tonight"- Heard this when someone mentioned how pretty the sunset was. 

"She's very cryptic in her texting."- My sister said this to my mom because of over-usage of different emoticons while texting. 

1 Page script. 

A girl is sitting in the library. Its late at night and she is the only one there. Her phone buzzes. and the text she reads says:

 "I don't know what you should do, this is a big decision. All you can do is weigh out the good and bad" (the text is from her mother)

She clicks the top of her phone so it goes to screen saver. 

She continuously types away looking up plane tickets, different colleges, and different job options. 

She continues to work on her homework.. Showing she is in upper level classes, working on different biology papers, math problems implying she may be a med student after graduation. 

A boy sits down in the desk next to her. 

Boy: "Hello"

Girl: She smiles shyly and gives him a nod trying to avoid any conversation. 

 The girl continues on her computer, and goes on to Facebook. Her eyes focus on a guys name that says he is now engaged. Her face becomes blank and sadness overwhelms her. 

the boy again becomes a part of her personal space. 

Boy: "Are you okay? You look like you could talk to someone." 

Girl: "Im fine, why would you say that?"

Boy: "If there is anything I know, its how to read a persons face"

GIrl: "Well you read me wrong."

Boy: "Well whatever it is, whatever you are trying to figure out, all I can say is that its not rocket science. If there is something you want in life, you initiate it. No one else can."

Girl: "Thanks….I guess"

The girl packs up her stuff feeling uncomfortable from the short conversation with this stranger, yet she oddly feels encouraged and grateful for the unsolicited advice. She now knows what she should do. 

Documentary Subjects

I thought my sister sarah would be an interesting doc subject. She was homeschooled most her life, and when she went to school the first time it was when she was a freshman in high school. She has a lot of funny memories and experiences through out her schooling experience. She mostly would be successful as a doc subject because she is an entertaining person and would be interesting on film. 

I thought my brother-in-law Nick Hoff would make an interesting doc subject. He graduated with a business degree from IU, but now is a comedian. He's funny and comfortable performing so that always is helpful when interviewing someone. 

Kelly Graff (who is someone I do not know personally, but lives in the local area)  is an executive chef at a small quaint restaurant in Goshen, Indiana called Kelly Jae's. What makes her an interesting documentary subject is the path she has taken for her one of a kind restaurant in northern Indiana. She incorporates farm-to-table dining which means she only uses the freshest ingredients. This is interesting because mostly when people think of midwest restaurants "greasy spoon" places probably pops into their head, and the idea of using frozen food. Instead, Graff takes advantage of the abundant farms in the areas and uses to create a great dining experience. She has widely traveled the world which she incorporates into her menu at Kelly Jae's in Goshen. 

SJRMC photos

Here I took a few photos of the finale scene. It was really cool to see everyone working hard to make this scene work well and get as many good shots as we could. It was a good experience to have as a new media student. 

finale scene

rehearsal for finale

shooting finale

Camera Adjustments

f-stop: 5.6

Shutter Speed:1/50

ISO:100

White Balance: Cloudy

 f-stop: f 8.0

Shutter Speed: 1/320

ISO: 80

White Balance: Daylight

f-stop: 8.0

Shutter Speed: 1/50

ISO: 400

f-stop: 8.0

Shutter Speed: 1/30

ISO: 200

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Emotion Photos-Relaxed

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brainstorm #6

Fiction, narrative, and Linear story. The story would be set in the 1930s. A young boy anxiously sits in class waiting for the clock to hit the 3'o clock mark. The bell rings and the boy is off running down the halls out of the school. He runs down the side walk of his small town into a local convenient store. He purchases fabric, scissors, and black paint. He runs home and assembles his purchases on his bed. There are close ups of painting, cutting, and tying of a new design. The next scene is of the front door swinging open as bright colored leaves blow across the the open door. It is about sunset with kids running around and laughing as the young boy prepares himself for a night of Halloween fun with his friends.

brainstorm #5

This work would be non-linear and fiction. The media work would evolve around the idea of an exchange for something. I was thinking it could be more of an experimental film, and put it into terms that all anyone really waits for in life is an exchange of something... Whether that "thing" being a test for a grade, work for a pay check, an email for an email,  or even a text for a text... There is this on going waiting on the other end for a person to receive satisfaction once they have received what they were waiting for ... It would be interesting to get all different clips of people in the city who are constantly in a hurry.

brainstorm #4

I always thought it would be really interesting to do a media work on nature versus nurture. You could go number of different ways. It could be a theme in an experimental project, the subject of a documentary, or even a narrative story. Mostly I think of a documentary. You could possibly follow two subjects who were adopted, and get interviews from both biological parents and get insight from their adoptive parents on their personalities, habbits, and temperament. The story line would be linear and non-fiction.

brainstorm #3

My mom was watching when Harry Met Sally the other day. A few of my favorite scenes in that movie is when they interview all the different couples through out the movie... I started thinking that it might make an interesting documentary to interview three couples who have a unique story to how they ended up together. One couple could be one who was married very young, another could be an odd way of how they ended up together. This brings to my mind my own parents.. My mom and dad are about 8 years apart, yet they grew up in the same small town together... My dad even dated my moms cousin in high school. Being that my mom is the younger one he still remembers seeing her as a little kid and thinking she was a bratty little girl. Yet, they have been married for over 30 years now with six kids. The project could even involve an arranged marriage where they share their experience of going through that tradition. I was thinking it could be mainly interviews and use visual imagery though out as they tell their stories.

brainstorm #2

I've always been a huge fan of horror films, and was asking myself what would be a cool horror movie idea? Then I remembered they still have not made one based on the true events of Belle Gunness. There have been documentaries made, but not an actual feature film.   Its not something to be proud of exactly, but still pretty crazy only a few towns away use to live America's first woman serial killer. There have been some films "loosely" based, but the real events itself would make for an interesting movie. It could definitely be made into a good time piece film.

brainstorm #1

I thought it could be interesting to create a media work on the life of waitressing.

I have worked at the same café for 7 years and have run into a lot of 

interesting situations. The work would most likely be fiction, or non-fiction if you

based it on actual events from real waitressing experiences. It could be a narrative 

and the story would be linear. The media could use voice-overs of what actually 

goes on in the mind of a waitress when he/she receives crazy questions from 

customers. The project would probably fall into the lines of comedy.. Of course the

project could involve work romances, and there always seems to be a lot of drama 

arising from day to day between workers, bosses, and the regular customers that 

are there every single day.

Introduction

I have always been a huge fan of movies my entire life. I don't think  I could pick one absolute favorite, but a few of my top favorites would include The Departed, American Beauty, The Shining, The Cable Guy, and Arsenic and Old Lace. While I have always loved to watch movies, I am always interested in what goes on behind the scenes in the creation of films.  My goals are to graduate from college soon, and to enjoy what I do in the work field. I don't think I have one favorite director, but I always seem to enjoy Scorsese and Sam Mendes films.  A few of my favorite shows would be Dexter,How I Met Your Mother , and Jeopardy.