For my self portrait i have a lot of pretty cool ideas that i want to use.. one being a theme throughout, the color red and cats. I want both to be interspersed throughout.. i feel like both are concepts that explain me well...the color red has always been my favorite color and i still appreciate its warmth and beauty so much.. i fell in love with brakhage's cat's cradle because of its red imagery..i just felt warm watching it...and i love cats in general... so im sure ill be using a lot of red filters on images and i'm going to film my cat a lot throughout his daily routine..
another idea i had was that i have a box of love letters throughout my life from different boyfriends and admirers.. i think they're funny.. and landmark a lot of my love life..i think im going to get different shots of each letter and record different male voices reading them..i kind of got the idea from the film we watched the other day.. 'talk to me'? i think it was called...
Also....last year i took all of my home videos and transferred them to video files so that i could edit them into a film for my family for christmas.. so i still have all those files of me and my sisters when we were kids.. so im definitely going to put some of that... when i was editing the film i found tiny brief moments in the footage that just really made me melt.. those are probably going to be the parts that i use
i know in class you said you didn't want a lot of voiceovers, but i think im going to use fragmented parts of some of my writing from past experiences that correlate with what is shown.. it won't run together though.. and i'll try to make it all brief so that the voiceovers don't overpower the whole film. ..
i do plan on using a LITTLE music.. just because that's a huge factor in my life.. my best friend and roommate produces music and djs a lot of what we do revolves around music and all different kinds.. i want to incorporate him in the film so some of his original music might be shown over his shots...
for my opening shot i invision myself holding my handheld minidv camera pointed at the mirror where i want to write my name across is with marker.. i think that would look neat and really set the tone..
im sure along the way of making this film i will come up with many more ideas.. but i also think what i've come up with so far is going to make for some good shit!
these all sound interesting! and don't hesitate to use voice over if its right for your film. just be sure to consider all three layers of the sound track. that will give you more texture and help to avoid any cliche situation. having heard your soundscape i have no concern about what you'll create. im just excited to see what you come up with!
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