Kamaria
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[edit] The Greener Pastures
[edit] Synopsis
The Greener Pastures will be a short, four episode, non-linear, comedy series about the The Evergreen State College and its respective city, Olympia. It's home will be on the web, with its own web-space put up by the end of Spring Quarter under the name "www.thegreenerpastures.net." Each episode deals with a certain trait about Evergreen's campus and Olympian lifestyles. The episodes will be updated online bi-monthly, and continue on over the summer.
[edit] Details
In preparation of my project, I plan to initially take week one, and put out fliers requesting extras and crew. Although I can't rely on the fliers completely, this will be in attempt to bring in interest toward the small set of films. In the same week that the fliers are created and put out, I will also purchase a copy of the Final Cut Pro: Visual Effects DVD from Adobe.com. The purchase of the DVD is strictly for visual techniques, and for practice with Final Cut Pro. Editing video for comedy takes a certain skill and eye, and with the help of this DVD, the transitions and effects that are specific to comedy, I will be able to master, hopefully by the end of week four. I've asked various people in class to aid me in this endeavor, primarily Sean Parker who's knowledge in FCP greatly surpasses my own.
In week one, I plan to take the DVX camera out to shoot and play around with. The great thing about the Panasonic DVX is the picture quality, and since I want my videos to look as professional as possible, I will take a week to play around with it. For example, get acquainted with the settings, figure out the best filters for different lighting inside and outside, take along a small monitor to see how crisp the colors are, ect. I'll take example footage and figure out what I can do to make them better, along with the help of Dave Crampton.
During these first few weeks, aside from Final Cut, I'll also be considering a variety of domain names and hosts for a website. The Greener Pastures will be something that continues on for time to come, and if I want to make sure the public has access to it, a professionally designed website is a must. Bandwidth will be my primary concern, and then price. Hopefully, by week three when I look for the webspace and I create the website with skills I learn from MAS in early Winter, the domain “Thegreenerpastures.com” will not be taken.
Week three is when I'm going to prepare for the shooting of the GP opening credits. The opening will only be about fifteen seconds long Inspired by a Sony PSP ad, the opening will be a unique version of stop-motion, along with post editing techniques done in Final Cut and AfterEffects.
PSP Ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TRVkJtvs78
The scripts will be handed out a week before shooting, with preparation for shooting the episodes during the week they are handed out. Since each episode will be three minutes at the latest, I plan to edit after all the episodes are shot. Each consecutive week, the scripts will be handed out, with the following week being shooting. When all the episodes are shot, then I will begin the editing. Editing will be done in Spring Quarter along with Alexis Wolff.
[edit] Episode Ideas
O - TESC TV – Poking fun at the college's TV station. (98505, Two and a Half Blacks, As The Stomach Turns ((soap opera about The Greenery)))
O - RA Episode – RA gets busted over fixing misspelled graffiti.
O - Musical Episode – KAOS Radio and a lame attempt to get a demo tape played.
O - Musician Episode – A smaller episode of popular pop songs played on acoustic guitar played outside of Cafe Vita.
O - The “Lifetime Movie” episode – A parody of the Lifetime movies based around campus instead of a high school.
O - The Making Of “The Greener Pastures” - Based off of 30 Rock
[edit] Format
Shot with the Panasonic DVX Camera, Edited with Final Cut Pro.
[edit] Need:
-Cast (Extras)
- Crew
- Sound Advice/Music Composer
- Writing (Ideas, brainstorming)
Anything that people can to help will be greatly appreciated. There is a budget, so if you help, I'll totally get your back, and treat you to a dinner or lunch. All that has to be done is acting or crew. Otherwise, I'll make sure you are comfortable. Also, I am free to help if one needs help on their own project with crew or post production.
[edit] Schedule
[edit] Winter Q.
WINTER BREAK:
WEEK 1 : DVX SHOOT, Web space research, Web site creation, FCP Purchase, Script work, fliering.
WEEK 2 : DVX, Web Space Purchase, Web creation. FCP training, Script work.
WEEK 3 : FCP training, web site creation. Script work, Auditions.
WEEK 4 : Script work, web site creation, casting.
WEEK 5 : Hand out scripts for episode one shoot, shooting for The Greener Pastures Opening.
WEEK 6 : Episode One Shoot.
WEEK 7 : Hand Out Scripts For episode 2, rehearsal.
WEEK 8 : Episode 2 shoot.
WEEK 9 : BREAK for actors, crew/ Editing For Kamaria/Alexis
WEEK 10 : BREAK for actors, crew/ Editing For Kamaria/Alexis
[edit] Spring Q.
WEEK 1 : Scripts Handout Ep. 3
WEEK 2 : Shooting Episode 3
WEEK 3 : Scripts Handout Episode 4
WEEK 4 : Handout Episode 4
WEEK 5 : Editing
WEEK 6 : Editing
WEEK 7 : Editing / Posting Of Episodes on Webspace
WEEK 8 : Final Run through / Editing
WEEK 9 : Final Tweaks To Site
WEEK 10 : Eval
