First and foremost due to many other individuals not attending class I had to repeat various roles in order for us to have a run through. Many were completely against even attempting the roles given as it was supposed to be a fair and black and white transition of everyone's roles being set in the sheet. For this I was unable to attempt a few roles I had looked forward to doing.
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As one with theatre experience I can understand those that fear the concept of being in the public eye, this is a natural fear from how much we are taught to fear what others think of us. I for one have been through too much in my life to worry about if I look okay on stage or with a camera in my face. Knowing myself this well has come from many experiences, but ultimately it is something that isn't learned in a classroom. You cannot learn competence in one's self or to fight that voice of fear that plays to your insecurities through a text. Only when you accept that you are the only person you can ever be can you truly accept yourself as part of the stage.
I was rather fond of directing the actions of my team though as it almost felt as it came natural. Learning more concepts and understanding the ideas of studio production will even further this feeling as with knowledge also comes competence.
In the film Helvetica many seemed to be obsessed with the simplistic nature of the font and its use. Others went on to tarnish and destroy the idea of Helvetica as a font. All in all I'm not thoroughly impressed with any of the people and their lines of work, but what I did take away and resonate in the film was my own love for fonts that truly stand out to me. Now in this I don't say the "simplistic" fonts are any less, but over idolizing them isn't what I would say to be the most stable choice. I suppose there are worse things to obsess over, but that's neither here nor there.
In all truth fonts are rather amusing to say the least, especially when there is a certain look you are going for. Where I feel it does best though is when things like Helvetica and other such fonts come along that just make sense. Words in the sense of expressions are boundless and everlasting, even from using such words as those many bits of imagery fill your head. Words mean a lot to people as much of it can lift you up and others tear at you from the core. Phrases still mean things to people and fonts mean so much more as they can convey a warning or a reward depending on the font. Art that is inspired by words can be meaningful as just a simple image on a black and white picture with 4 words can make a person's entire day or inspire them.
Here is the song I intend to use, there is a large intro portion at the beginning so I intend to sort of use that as time to sit up the exposition of the video. The first verse I am planning on using to build emotion and then once the chorus hits lead it into the first set of passion to it. The second verse drops the beat back down so I intent to convey a bit more of the situation or another's similar situation that leads back to the chorus in the same light. Overall The song is very powerful as a means of evoking emotion from those that have felt the same.
My initial idea for a video is sort of continuing from 16 Volt's "Burn" video only a similar circumstance and more of a chronicling of two individuals that are mad at the world because of their home lives. When they meet initially they hate one another and it leads to fighting among the two, but once they fight they reach an understanding somehow and walk away friends. I take this occurrence from my own personal experience with others from childhood, having had many other guys dislike me until we fought one another.
In a few Eastern culture there are stories of similar happenings, the ideology that one may "speak through their fists what words cannot."
First and foremost, studio production is not nearly as easy as one would first anticipate. Watching many videos on the subject they make it look so easy, but that is very much a misrepresentation. From hands on work it is very apparent that it takes everyone working to their fullest to accomplish the production's ideals and vision. People must each fulfill their set tasks in order for it all to be successful. Comparing it to something such as theater though it is difficult, as you can gauge your audience in a single moment in live theater versus on camera you don't see anyone. Essentially you have to take what people say after the fact as the means of deciding if it was good or bad. One thing that I kept form doing theater though is the aspect that the show must go on and no matter what technical issue one comes across you do have to work around it in some sense or fashion if at all possible.
Overall though a great start and cannot wait to do more.
