I LOVE HUMIDITY

I think the worst part about my last posts being terrible isn't that it dropped my grade; it's that my blog looks ugly as hell now. I'm gonna have to go back in and edit these things to make it pretty again.

Interstellar

During the plane ride to Long Beach I watched Interstellar with Zach. The reason I look like a complete psychopath in this photo is because I was bawling my eyes out at the ending because I’m a real man. 

I had never seen the movie before, but the black hole in it, Gargantua, was the inspiration behind the black hole tutorial I used, so in a way it inspired my film opening.

I think my favorite part of it was the looming threat of relativity. Every moment was an eternity, and it was so gut-wrenching as a viewer to see all the time lost.

In terms of the opening I don’t think there’s much to draw from it (excluding the visual aspect), but if I were to outline the overall story I would want the characters of Noah’s book to experience that, and as he continues writing it bleeds through; Noah starts to feel more and more like time is running out for him to finish, for him to find love, etc.

me-want-scéne

Today during school I reached out to Jim from BECON to secure equipment. I plan on filming Saturday so that I have time to finish getting that damned typewriter. 

The cheapest ones on Amazon are like $50 and I’ve been asking my older relatives if they have one to no avail. I’m also looking into prop rental companies, but they’re all in Miami. My mom is very much opposed to driving to Miami, but maybe my dad isn’t?

I don’t know. That’s a tomorrow problem. Speaking of tomorrow problems, though, I have to send out a bunch of facking Purchase Orders for my club’s State competition. 

I can’t wait to be replaced.

world’s worst fit check

Quick update pertaining to the last paragraphs (I didn't want to actually put the update in those paragraphs (I am lazy (and losing my [F-WORD]ing mind))), I think I am just going to scrap the typewriter. The main reason for it was for the sound of paper tearing being a good transition out of the sci-fi sequences, and that it would be good for portraying Noah as out-of-touch.

After examining it more, though, and keeping practicality in mind, I think I'm going to swap it to a laptop, and instead focus on costume and set design. My first thought was to have the set be very barren, but I'm now thinking the opposite. Cluttered desk, knickknacks everywhere, color galore.

I want his outfit to be kind of random. It needs to separate from the dark background, so it'll be sort of bright, but the main thing is the randomness.

My current thought is these two with a white tank top under. It's an ugly ass outfit, but there is some cohesion with the blues. And there's randomness. Definitely randomness...

In terms of set design, I've got the shitload of knickknacks on lock. I'm practically ripping that part of the character from myself, so I don't need to worry about finding anything.

What I do need to worry about is finding stuff to cover the walls. I've been looking at videos that discuss capturing that "cinematic" look, and this one brought my attention to Gawx Art, whose videos are actual works of art.

Anyways, there's two main things that the first video discussed; lighting and design. The section about design made me think about the production design for my shot. I need to find some props to put in the background to make my shots more visually interesting. 

For the lighting I want to try out the orange/teal color combo that practically every dramatic action movie uses.

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I mentioned STN in the last three blogs, but I never posted the actual videos. 

One last thing; I want to re-write the film opening. I just don't like the rhythm of it.