Color scheme

Shot ideas

Touching the bark of a tree, imprints like fingers pressing on skin

Depicting the mystery and secret personality of houses

What they mean for who you are, your social status, your upkeep of life

Curiosity of trees, what strange creatures they really are

Human sadness from distance from nature

Breathing on your own, being a living organism on this planet



All shots extremely organic, main colors green brown and grey with any blues or reds contrasting greatly

Time lapses

The spirit catches you, and then you fall...

trees, yes.




human confusion.




The mystery of houses,
what status they connotate,
their personality
























the curious,
innocent nature of plants

jumping,
who will catch you?




sun worshipers



























See the world...
from another perspective...
and then you fall

UP

2 minute film, start with a reaction, end with an action - must be a "chain reaction".

I definitely see the parallels between the reading "Lightness" and the idea of "up" for this film. My favorite quote from that reading that I'd like to keep in mind for all my films, but particularly this one, is:

"Wherever humanity seems condemned to heaviness, I think I should fly like Perseus into a different space... not escaping, I mean I have to change my approach, look at the world from a different perspective, with different logic and fresh methods of cognition and verification."

I want to depict someone coming to the realization that things in their life needs to change, and watch as their view changes from one perspective to another, and why.
Here are a few scene shots that I've come up with:

-To begin, the reaction is just going to be the moment of recognition in someone's eyes. Kind of a falling back, a slow blink, with a close-up on just their eyes, no mouth.
-The road flying by from underneath a person, looking up at the horizon, back down at the road
- Someone riding down a hill on a bicycle, arms out, flying
- Releasing balloons
- Climbing a tree, looking down at the world from that perspective
- Lying down, back on the ground, looking at the world from that perspective
- Smoke billowing up

I want a key part of this film to be audio. I'm going to record my own music, using a djembe, didgeridoo, guitar and bass, and my own voice.

More on UP...

Slow motion
CLOSE UP shots
Extremely far away shots
Time reversal
Time speed-up
Still shots with minimal movement to indicate that they're footage

Idea of everyday having a set schedule and a million things you have to do, scheduling it one after another. I want to film getting out of this, gaining a different perspective on it, changing feel and getting inspiration.

Starting shot:
Bike on its side on the street, wheel is the only thing turning. Silence except for the sound of the wheel. Spilled groceries everywhere.
Time reversed- groceries crawling up back into the back, bike goes upright, person back on the bicycle.

Someone getting up out of the bed - maybe just forward time.

Ending shot:
Me riding down a hill, side shot - my arms are out, I close my eyes, and...

Slowed down shot of me falling back onto my bed. Taken from third film from last quarter, but shot all the way through so you can feel the fall, feel the reverberation.