Thursday, 14 July 2011
Saturday, 9 July 2011
Script
/subject to change/
Music plays as the camera zooms in on the front cover, showing a naming sticker. A hand turns the cover revealing the main title as the camera pans around other images on the page.
Narrator: The Art Of Life
Fade to next page, revealing main titles.
Narrator: This film has been directed, edited, and generally created by Annamarie Moot.
Zelia is played by Red Barbie, Lola is Brunette Barbie, and Peter is Ken.
Page turns, images and text about the main character Peter.
Peter is an idealistic artist. Currently, his inspirations are botanical illustrations, any type of large scale installation art, and graffiti. Sadly, Peter is having trouble selling his paintings, causing him to live off coffee and cigarettes, with occasional 2 minute noodles. He likes to listen to movie soundtracks and Arcade Fire on his second hand walkman while he works in his studio. Peters lack of funds has caused him to start painting on free community newspapers he receives, which causes problems when working with water colours. Peter is looking for some kind of new start, as he is suffering from creative block more often than usual and does not know how to solve this problem.
Page turns again, and it appears that while Peter is walking across thwe pages buildings are popping up around him. Music continues playing as he walks onto the next page, which has many buildings depicted.
Narrator: Peter, is an appreciator of fine buildings. Living in a town with rather unappealing architecture, he dreams of living somewhere more his style, like Paris with its heritage and grandeur, or New York with gleaming glass panelled skyscrapers. He occasionally thinks that his sub-par surroundings are the reason for his creative block. His appartment's decor reflects his financial status, with minimal furniture and bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling. There are unframed prints on the walls, mostly gifts from other artist friends.
Hand turns page again, Peter walks through crowds in a gallery opening/ show. Music continues playing. Page turns again (fade).
Narrator: This is Zelia (shows picture of Red Barbie) Zelia lives in Paris. She works at a boutique and has many friends who are artists. Her favourite place in Paris is the The Louvre gallery. This is Lola (shows picture of brunettebarbie). She lives in New York, and works as a freelance photo journalist. When she can she takes a trip to Washington DC to go to the National Galley of Art. Neither of them know it yet, but both of them will play an important role in Peter's near future.
Page turns, images of Peter's art studio.
Narrator: This is Peter's art studio. It has been neglected as of late, with paint tubes left untouched and a large half finished work on the easel. He used to spend hours, or even days here, painting till the tubes run dry and the final product is so impasto that the canvas almost sags with the weight. Lately, he only pops in for an hour or two to stare at his work, often never picking up a paintbrush. Before he was a ~serious artiste~ he would throw parties occasionally, but he stopped because he didn't want his works to get ruined and cleaning alcohol became prioritised over drinking alcohol.
Fade to the next page, littered with bills and an eviction notice.
Narrator: With Peter's main source of income running dry, he got a part time job at a pretentious cafe, which could've been a good thing if he hadn't taken 4 coffees and muffins back to his friends flat each day for the first week expecting not to pay for them. Lack of employment lead to unpaid rent and bills. Peter arrived home after spending a day in the library to find a notice attached to his door. A red notice. Peter had been evicted, due to his pet cat walking through some paint and then going for a wander around the apartment block, littering the newly stained floors with brightly coloured paw prints. Needless to say his landlord was not impressed, as pets aren't even allowed in the first place.
Hand turns to the next page, which is about Peter being homeless.
Narrator: Peter has been living out of a suitcase for a 2 weeks. He has spent time at 3 different friends houses. Staying at couches is causing him to have back problems, which means he is grumpy, which makes him an unattractive room mate. This is a vicious cycle which can only be repeated so many times because he is a reclusive artist, with only so many friends.
Page changes again, littered with lotto and scratchie tickets.
Narrator: Not thinking about logical ways to fix his cash flow problem, Peter believes the solution to his woes is in a lotto draw. He buys as many tickets as he can, lotto, keno and scratchies. As usual, he purchases a ticket with money borrowed from his friends and waits for the weekend draw. While eating his 2 minute noodles on the couch, he notices the time and turns on the television to watch the draw. The numbers are 5, 12, 8, 4, 19, 35, and 22 for the bonus ball. As he was only half-paying attention, it takes Peter a while to notice that he has those numbers. Not knowing how to react, he stares at the ticket blankly for a long time before folding it up very small and putting it in his wallet to take down to the dairy and claim in the morning.
Page changes, winning celebration
Narrator: Peter won 2 million dollars with his lotto ticket. He decides to give some moeny to his friends for letting him stay with them, and wants to throw a big celebration party. He stocks up on everything you could want at a party, just because he can, because he is now a millionaire. Crackers, chips, many different alcoholic beverages, pinatas, candy, and a very large cake. He throws it in his art studio, because he will not be using that space again for a long time. With all his money he plans to buy a house with its own studio or go travelling instead.
Page turns, packing up boxes.
Narrator: With the celebration over, Peter packs up all his art supplies and half finished paintings to put them into storage. While looking at his most recent unfinished work, he decides that he needs a massive change of scenery if he is ever going to finish his works and feel good about painting again. This long time dream can actally turn into something now that money is no longer a problem. After sealing the boxes up with duct tape, and on the way to the storage garages, Peter drives past a travel agency. On the way back from the storage place he goes in and enquires about a trip. He also passes a realtor on the way back to his friends apartment and looks in the window. There is a good range of suitable houses that he likes, but if Peter goes travelling he doesnt need to buy a house.
Page turns, with adverts for houses and travel ads all mized together.
Narrator: Peter needs to decide wether he is going to buy a house or go on a really long trip. Everything he owns is allready packed, so it is easy for him to up and leave now. He asks his friends what they think would be best for him, or what they would do, and they give him the same amount of yes's and no's on both sides. He even contemplates going to a phsycic, but decides against it because he can afford to both travel and buy a house but he doesn't know what order to spend his money in. To make his final decision, he flips a coin, heads for house and tails for travel.
Page turns, and book becomes landscape to show Peter entering an airport.
Narrator: The coin landed on tails. Peter's investigation for inspiration is now starting. Paris/New York/ Tokyo and everywhere in between, gone for a year, with 1 million to blow and 1 suitcase to get him there.
Photo of airport becomes real, and the music becomes louder as the narrator stops talking as he enters the airport doors, fading out with the screen which fades to black.
/yet to be timed/
Music plays as the camera zooms in on the front cover, showing a naming sticker. A hand turns the cover revealing the main title as the camera pans around other images on the page.
Narrator: The Art Of Life
Fade to next page, revealing main titles.
Narrator: This film has been directed, edited, and generally created by Annamarie Moot.
Zelia is played by Red Barbie, Lola is Brunette Barbie, and Peter is Ken.
Page turns, images and text about the main character Peter.
Peter is an idealistic artist. Currently, his inspirations are botanical illustrations, any type of large scale installation art, and graffiti. Sadly, Peter is having trouble selling his paintings, causing him to live off coffee and cigarettes, with occasional 2 minute noodles. He likes to listen to movie soundtracks and Arcade Fire on his second hand walkman while he works in his studio. Peters lack of funds has caused him to start painting on free community newspapers he receives, which causes problems when working with water colours. Peter is looking for some kind of new start, as he is suffering from creative block more often than usual and does not know how to solve this problem.
Page turns again, and it appears that while Peter is walking across thwe pages buildings are popping up around him. Music continues playing as he walks onto the next page, which has many buildings depicted.
Narrator: Peter, is an appreciator of fine buildings. Living in a town with rather unappealing architecture, he dreams of living somewhere more his style, like Paris with its heritage and grandeur, or New York with gleaming glass panelled skyscrapers. He occasionally thinks that his sub-par surroundings are the reason for his creative block. His appartment's decor reflects his financial status, with minimal furniture and bare bulbs hanging from the ceiling. There are unframed prints on the walls, mostly gifts from other artist friends.
Hand turns page again, Peter walks through crowds in a gallery opening/ show. Music continues playing. Page turns again (fade).
Narrator: This is Zelia (shows picture of Red Barbie) Zelia lives in Paris. She works at a boutique and has many friends who are artists. Her favourite place in Paris is the The Louvre gallery. This is Lola (shows picture of brunettebarbie). She lives in New York, and works as a freelance photo journalist. When she can she takes a trip to Washington DC to go to the National Galley of Art. Neither of them know it yet, but both of them will play an important role in Peter's near future.
Page turns, images of Peter's art studio.
Narrator: This is Peter's art studio. It has been neglected as of late, with paint tubes left untouched and a large half finished work on the easel. He used to spend hours, or even days here, painting till the tubes run dry and the final product is so impasto that the canvas almost sags with the weight. Lately, he only pops in for an hour or two to stare at his work, often never picking up a paintbrush. Before he was a ~serious artiste~ he would throw parties occasionally, but he stopped because he didn't want his works to get ruined and cleaning alcohol became prioritised over drinking alcohol.
Fade to the next page, littered with bills and an eviction notice.
Narrator: With Peter's main source of income running dry, he got a part time job at a pretentious cafe, which could've been a good thing if he hadn't taken 4 coffees and muffins back to his friends flat each day for the first week expecting not to pay for them. Lack of employment lead to unpaid rent and bills. Peter arrived home after spending a day in the library to find a notice attached to his door. A red notice. Peter had been evicted, due to his pet cat walking through some paint and then going for a wander around the apartment block, littering the newly stained floors with brightly coloured paw prints. Needless to say his landlord was not impressed, as pets aren't even allowed in the first place.
Hand turns to the next page, which is about Peter being homeless.
Narrator: Peter has been living out of a suitcase for a 2 weeks. He has spent time at 3 different friends houses. Staying at couches is causing him to have back problems, which means he is grumpy, which makes him an unattractive room mate. This is a vicious cycle which can only be repeated so many times because he is a reclusive artist, with only so many friends.
Page changes again, littered with lotto and scratchie tickets.
Narrator: Not thinking about logical ways to fix his cash flow problem, Peter believes the solution to his woes is in a lotto draw. He buys as many tickets as he can, lotto, keno and scratchies. As usual, he purchases a ticket with money borrowed from his friends and waits for the weekend draw. While eating his 2 minute noodles on the couch, he notices the time and turns on the television to watch the draw. The numbers are 5, 12, 8, 4, 19, 35, and 22 for the bonus ball. As he was only half-paying attention, it takes Peter a while to notice that he has those numbers. Not knowing how to react, he stares at the ticket blankly for a long time before folding it up very small and putting it in his wallet to take down to the dairy and claim in the morning.
Page changes, winning celebration
Narrator: Peter won 2 million dollars with his lotto ticket. He decides to give some moeny to his friends for letting him stay with them, and wants to throw a big celebration party. He stocks up on everything you could want at a party, just because he can, because he is now a millionaire. Crackers, chips, many different alcoholic beverages, pinatas, candy, and a very large cake. He throws it in his art studio, because he will not be using that space again for a long time. With all his money he plans to buy a house with its own studio or go travelling instead.
Page turns, packing up boxes.
Narrator: With the celebration over, Peter packs up all his art supplies and half finished paintings to put them into storage. While looking at his most recent unfinished work, he decides that he needs a massive change of scenery if he is ever going to finish his works and feel good about painting again. This long time dream can actally turn into something now that money is no longer a problem. After sealing the boxes up with duct tape, and on the way to the storage garages, Peter drives past a travel agency. On the way back from the storage place he goes in and enquires about a trip. He also passes a realtor on the way back to his friends apartment and looks in the window. There is a good range of suitable houses that he likes, but if Peter goes travelling he doesnt need to buy a house.
Page turns, with adverts for houses and travel ads all mized together.
Narrator: Peter needs to decide wether he is going to buy a house or go on a really long trip. Everything he owns is allready packed, so it is easy for him to up and leave now. He asks his friends what they think would be best for him, or what they would do, and they give him the same amount of yes's and no's on both sides. He even contemplates going to a phsycic, but decides against it because he can afford to both travel and buy a house but he doesn't know what order to spend his money in. To make his final decision, he flips a coin, heads for house and tails for travel.
Page turns, and book becomes landscape to show Peter entering an airport.
Narrator: The coin landed on tails. Peter's investigation for inspiration is now starting. Paris/New York/ Tokyo and everywhere in between, gone for a year, with 1 million to blow and 1 suitcase to get him there.
Photo of airport becomes real, and the music becomes louder as the narrator stops talking as he enters the airport doors, fading out with the screen which fades to black.
/yet to be timed/
Friday, 8 July 2011
Locations, permissions.
Because it's all pictures I don't really have to get permission to use any locations, apart from my final scene which is at the airport. I might film this early in the morning when there are not many people around so I won't get in anyones way and hopefully I won't have to get permission because the forms seem scary and the council is pretty busy with earthquake shizz.
But for the sake of my own understanding, here are the majority of the 'locations' that are in my film.
First main character page- various cafes and galleries.
Buildings in walking sequence- skyscrapers, most likely from America/China
Settings- shitty looking apartment, more cafes/galleries, Paris, New York (aspirations of where he wants to go)
People and walking sequence- Maybe some gallery interiors or shop fronts
Secondary characters- Paris, New York, various cafes and galleries there.
Art studio- a clean white art studio
Homeless couch times- some random couch/lounge places
Decision to stay or leave- both pictures of N.Y and Paris and pictures of nice apartments here
Leaving- airport photo (or maybe just leaving house depending on permission)
Photo becoming real- same location.
Art Department
The 'art department' will be very important to my film, as it is so heavily influenced by art.
The notebook is from Warehouse Stationary Papanui, phone (03) 352 1160
Photos in the book will be sourced from various places, mostly the internet or taken by myself. I will arrange them and glue them down myself. I have already started finding these images.
I am going to hopefully find my old barbies, and use the clothes I already have, or buy a cheap ken and blonde barbie, and then buy one of the nice Black Basics brunette ones because they are nice and have good clothes already. (preferably the fourth or fifth from the right, or first on the left doll)
The notebook is from Warehouse Stationary Papanui, phone (03) 352 1160
Photos in the book will be sourced from various places, mostly the internet or taken by myself. I will arrange them and glue them down myself. I have already started finding these images.
I am going to hopefully find my old barbies, and use the clothes I already have, or buy a cheap ken and blonde barbie, and then buy one of the nice Black Basics brunette ones because they are nice and have good clothes already. (preferably the fourth or fifth from the right, or first on the left doll)
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Crew and Talent
My crew is myself, I'm going to film and edit and make everything. I have my phone number and details for out of school work. My mum may help with transport.
Isla is letting me use her recording program because I can't figure the school one out.
Talent- I'm going to use Barbie's for my actors, because they are poseable and look like people enough to be good actors, but they are smaller so they can easily fit into this sketchbook world, and be posed infront of magazines/images and appear like they are in the actual place.
Isla is letting me use her recording program because I can't figure the school one out.
Talent- I'm going to use Barbie's for my actors, because they are poseable and look like people enough to be good actors, but they are smaller so they can easily fit into this sketchbook world, and be posed infront of magazines/images and appear like they are in the actual place.
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
Page order
treatment is a bit hard to understand so here is the page order.
- Cover
- credits
- main character person
- walking with buildings appearing
- setting/s
- walking with people appearing
- secondary characters (and where the are)
- main character art studio
- eviction notice
- homeless couch times
- lotto tickets (one winning)
- party timez with balloons
- packing up (lots of boxes)
- deciding whether to get a new appartment or go traveling
- one photo of him facing the airport
- photo becomes real and he walks into the airport
Treatment
This is called the film treatment. It should be in the present tense, and describe in detail what happens, what the audience will see and hear in your film opening.
Cut from above, looking at a book slightly off centre in the frame. The book is on a desk, and there is also various art supplies (paints, brushes, paper etc) and a mug of coffee in the upper left corner of the frame. The song playing (yet to be chosen) continues throughout the opening. It will change volume when the narrator starts speaking but I am unsure if it will change with the pages yet. Anyway, The camera slowly zooms in towards the black sketch book. It has worn edges and has been somewhat customised with doodles/stickers on the cover. It zooms in on the most important sticker, a "my name is" sticker with the main characters name on it. That name has also yet to be chosen. The book fades away and the title page appears over it. The narrator reads the title and turns the page. The next page has the credits on it. The actors names will be made up most likely as I won't have many actual people in it if possible. The narrator turns the page again. This double page spread is about the main character. As the camera pans over the detail images, the narrator explains them without giving too much away about the character. The narrator turns the page again but her nail polish changes in the process.
The main character appears to walk over the next to pages, his background changing from a blank page to layers of buildings because the next double page spread is about the settings in the movie, as he is walking, the character tracks him. The narrator will repeat the explaining thing like for the other pages. All the shots are from above (bird's eye shots).
As the main character disappears into the next page, the narrator turns the page and her nailpolish/ rings change again. The drink in the top left corner also changes to a different type of tea/coffee and the amount of it being drunk is different too.
This narration process repeats with slight variations for all the pages. The camera will stay b.e.v, occasionally zooming in on the images. Then there is another page about the main character, this one is more focused on his failing art career. There will be a black page with an eviction notice in the middle on the next page. He crashes on his friends couch. After this the pages will be covered with lotto tickets all saying "try again' and then the camera will zoom in on one that says 'congratulations you have won". The next page will be the main character celebrating his win, so the page will be decorated with balloons and stuff.
He wants to get a new apartment or go traveling. This is shown by house and travel flyers.
He decides to go traveling and find his muse so he can be awesome at art again.
The final page is a large photo of him facing the airport. This photo zooms in and the photo becomes an actual footage from the point of view of Peter, walking into the airport.
Cut from above, looking at a book slightly off centre in the frame. The book is on a desk, and there is also various art supplies (paints, brushes, paper etc) and a mug of coffee in the upper left corner of the frame. The song playing (yet to be chosen) continues throughout the opening. It will change volume when the narrator starts speaking but I am unsure if it will change with the pages yet. Anyway, The camera slowly zooms in towards the black sketch book. It has worn edges and has been somewhat customised with doodles/stickers on the cover. It zooms in on the most important sticker, a "my name is" sticker with the main characters name on it. That name has also yet to be chosen. The book fades away and the title page appears over it. The narrator reads the title and turns the page. The next page has the credits on it. The actors names will be made up most likely as I won't have many actual people in it if possible. The narrator turns the page again. This double page spread is about the main character. As the camera pans over the detail images, the narrator explains them without giving too much away about the character. The narrator turns the page again but her nail polish changes in the process.
The main character appears to walk over the next to pages, his background changing from a blank page to layers of buildings because the next double page spread is about the settings in the movie, as he is walking, the character tracks him. The narrator will repeat the explaining thing like for the other pages. All the shots are from above (bird's eye shots).
As the main character disappears into the next page, the narrator turns the page and her nailpolish/ rings change again. The drink in the top left corner also changes to a different type of tea/coffee and the amount of it being drunk is different too.
This narration process repeats with slight variations for all the pages. The camera will stay b.e.v, occasionally zooming in on the images. Then there is another page about the main character, this one is more focused on his failing art career. There will be a black page with an eviction notice in the middle on the next page. He crashes on his friends couch. After this the pages will be covered with lotto tickets all saying "try again' and then the camera will zoom in on one that says 'congratulations you have won". The next page will be the main character celebrating his win, so the page will be decorated with balloons and stuff.
He wants to get a new apartment or go traveling. This is shown by house and travel flyers.
He decides to go traveling and find his muse so he can be awesome at art again.
The final page is a large photo of him facing the airport. This photo zooms in and the photo becomes an actual footage from the point of view of Peter, walking into the airport.
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