Proposal: For the final project I am planning to create a film noire centered around the concept of free improvisational jazz, with music performed by a group I am involved in. It will be a narrative piece, but at the same time, very "experimental" in it's being. I have already planned a cast and crew (including two camera men, actors, musicians, and my own work on lights/editing.) The main theme will be, by using the free jazz, that life should be lived by trusting the gut, and one's own personal intake on a situation- to be entirely an in the moment artistic being.
Style: The video will be very "film-noire" esque, with exaggerated costumes for the main characters including cardboard body parts, top hats, and steam punk looking attire. The music, as before-mentioned, will be very experimental, yet acoustic, and the musicians themselves will make appearances between pauses in dialogue, making the actual video be, in essence, two scenes: a dialogue between the cardboard machine and his lacky, and a group of musicians performing.
The sound is pretty self evident- it will follow he dialogue and be underscored by the music being performed.
The lighting will be very "dramatic" and dark, bringing up high levels of contrast, meaning I will most likely film at night with some powerful lights to create the perfect contrast.
The locations will be: the music building's stage, and whatever building or outside location I can get to look as though everything but the characters is enveloped in darkness.
1 comment:
Max,
I am glad that you have started working on organizing your piece. It may be quite challenging to pull it all off, but the image you spoke about is interesting. The robots and their conversation have to be well written and acted. “Life should be lived by trusting the gut”, does that mean trust your intuition?
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