Double Team

So, I have become a part of Christa's group as well as the group with Tyler, Yubu, Rah and Colin.

I helped her with her shoot and will be providing my own edit.

With the other group, there will be one final group edit.

Script Outline

Scene 1: Crazy Redneck

The scene will open in a rundown dusty garage. There will be old paintings and boards along the walls. A 42inch TV set will be at the very front. The set will have graffiti on it. The purpose of the graffiti is to explain the rednecks hate of urban art. The backdrop has old paintings showing his appreciation of renaissance art. There will be a seat in front of the TV set, and a coffee table with a beer ontop.

Redneck appears on seat. Remains seated for a while.

Starts to drink and twitch.

Starts cheering and chanting at the TV as if there were a football game going on.

Random girl steps into the garage. She is pale skinned, and she watches the man as he chants.

Man keeps drinking.

Starts getting aggravated and throws down his hat.

He begins to cry and suddenly gets a serious face and stares at the TV.

He gets up, trashes the TV, breaking it apart.

He sits back down, and cheers and claps.

The character cries. He then realizes someone is watching(Not the girl, but the viewer) and turns towards the camera.

End scene1

Scene2: Penis Attack

Scene opens up with paintings with penises and seductive characters. There will be trashed desktops with porn magazines, and cables on the floor.

The character will be in a ballet outfit and sweating, breathing in and out heavily. Ballet is what she does to keep her mind occupied from what’s bothering her.

-She turns and looks at the living room area and leaps into dance.

-She continues to dance and fatigue starts to set in as she breathes in and out more heavily.

-She stops and bends to catch her breath.

-A penis comes in from the side of the frame and touches her cheek. She backs away and bumps into another penis.

-She falls down.

-The penises bombard her.

End scene2

Scene3:Blood bath

Bathroom: Messy walls, writing on mirror, with feces. Toilet full of toilet paper.

-Scene opens up with a tub full of blood.

-A few seconds in, a black male emerges from the pool of blood and sits in the tub.

-He looks around with wide open eyes and sniffs his arms one by one.

-He gets out of the tub, he staggers out to the mirror.

-He wipes his hands over the writings on the mirror, he looks at his hand and breaks down into tears.

-He hits the mirror over and over again in attempt to break it.

-He staggers out of the frame.

End scene3

Scene4:Fishbowl

Modern household. Tidy dining room, well arranged seats and table.

Man and wife stare at fishbowl.

Their children play with their toys on the same table.

End scene4

Scene5:BackYard

The scene opens up at a backyard full of people walking into each other like insects panicking. The people are all in make up. They will look pale and brainless.

They will all make a humming noise.

End scene5

Scene6

The scene opens with a messy kitchen, dirty dishes all over the floor and trash stacking up on trashcan. Food stains on the cooker and overflow of dirty water in the sink.

-Character comes out from room and starts licking dirty dishes to clean them up.

-His hands are tied behind his back.

-He will have make up that shows facial injuries

-He will be anxiously moving about, hoping up and down.

-He will be shouting ‘I need to clean it before she comes back’

The camera pans back to the living room where the ballet dancer will still be dancing.

End scene

Demo Reel Breakdown

Aminah deVere

Demo Breakdown Sheet

1. Don't you Gnomey?

ToonBoom 

Hand drawn Animation

Animated the morph between main character and gnome along with end transition.

2. JellyFish

Adobe Photoshop 

Hand drawn Animation

Drew and Textured the jellyfish. Also drew each stage of the jellyfish's movement.

3. Square Zone

Adobe Photoshop

Hand drawn Animation

4. Watercolour

Adobe AfterEffects + Photoshop

Composed Paths for shapes.

Animated Morphing.

5. PaperLand

Adobe AfterEffects + Photoshop + Illustrator

Hand drew background composed in Adobe Illustrator

Created rough edges for the reveal in Adobe Illustrator

Layered background together in Adobe Photoshop

Animated reveal in Adobe AfterEffects

SELF CRITIQUE - AMINAH dEVERE

This self-critique is an important part of your project (and grade) and reflects the learning process you went through. You self-critique narrative should include these four main areas of discussion:

A) Impact and Intent- how did you want to affect your audience?

1. On a scale of 1-10, what was the story's overall impact?

  

 I think the stories overall impact is an 8, you do not connect emotionally with the view, but you do relate to her circumstance. This is a better outcome for me.

2. What did the story leave you thinking?

 What is going to do next with her "picketing time"?

3. What did it leave you feeling? 

  

It left me feeling satisfied with the character at the end, a semi-happy feeling. She ends the film more confident. 

4. Discuss the source of the main idea that you started with and its importance to you. 

What I started was the effects of judging a person before you know them, and that a similar situation like that comes back around to you to teach you a lesson.

5.Discuss the Theme or premise of the piece as you discovered it after finishing the film.

 After the film, I came with a new theme about being satisfied with yourself regardless of others.   

B) Clarity of Tension/Main Conflict

1. How clear was the story? Could you see all the scenes equally clearly in my mind's eye, or were some hazy?

 The story comes together as its own solid piece. The scenes relate, to each other.

2. What parts could you easily and pleasurably retell, and what parts are difficult to recall?

I think whatever does not have dialog stands out, pretty strong. 

C) Potential

1. Does the story feel complete?

 The story feels complete but could probably use a few details that could aid the message. This might be a result of what was actually captured but with what we do have, I feel strong in my shot choices, though I feel maybe a few more would do.

2. On a scale of 1-10, rate each scene. Are they all functioning to full potential?

Scene I Morning

8

Scene II Picket

9 

Scene III New Day

9

Scene IV Home with Jeff

8

Scene V Resolution

10 

3. Which elements were strong, which were weak?

 The in-between conversations tend to lag a little bit at the beginning, but it later pulls itself together. 

D) Feedback-- Discuss “What you want to learn to do better.”

1. Report what is working well, and what is not.

I feel my audio is working well and well as my shots in the beginning.  I think that middle gets a little funky, but it picks itself back up in the beginning. Honestly, I feel that the story is becomes more about the everyday life of this girl until she argues with a group member. This I like, it is not the original script, but it is interesting.

2. Suggest what might clarify and strengthen whatever is weak.

I want to improve more on relating shots together, and also I feel like I can grow more in the audio department. Im pretty confident in my sound transitions and how I managed to pull if off, but I found areas that could use improvement and would maybe require a secondary program. A goal of mine, probably for the summer, to learn about some audio programs and go past the basics.

Test

Elevator Pitch -

Theme - Man vs Self

Explanation of Theme -

Central Point - When a persons becomes focused on making other people happy, he comes a silhouetted shadowed figure on a quest to find what makes him happy in life.

Central Goal -

Abstract Terms - The film is about becoming so caught up in keeping other people happy that you loose what is important to you. When this happens the character turns into his shadow

Care -

About -

Synopsis: This is a story about losing who you actual are to the world

Place - Attic / Basement / In the City At Night

Time - Evening and Night

Atmosphere - Dingy, Lots of Atmospheric Perspective.

Introduction of the Main Character:

All of the characters in this piece contain a common goal; to find self happiness in their world of chaos. The main character, like the others, has lost his human form and cannot connect with it until he finds his purpose in life. This is a piece about becoming self

Conflict:

As this shadow man goes around discovering what he enjoys in this life he continues to

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