Lauren
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[edit] THE MINDFUL
[edit] GOALS
I aim to improve my skills as a documentary filmmaker as well as an animator. I want to learn After Affects, inside and out. I also want to become more comfortable with sound recording and mixing.
[edit] THE CONCEPT
THE MINDFUL is a short documentary about mindfulness, detailing two individual's lives who embody mindfulness and mindful living: an artist/writer, and a formerTibetan monk/spiritual teacher. The short film will include an original song that I will write in the opening sequence and end credits, which will be set to an animation. There will be abstract drawn animation intertwined in the interviews as B-roll.
[edit] DETAILS
I hope to interview Lynda Barry (writer and artist) and Jamyang Tsultrim (former monk and teacher). Lynda Barry is an Evergreen alum who I feel uses mindfulness when she writes and draws. Jamyang is a member of the Evergreen faculty who teaches the half-time program East/West Integrated Psychology. Both are individuals who I admire, and have great respect for.
I do not have permission from either as of yet, but in choosing who I would interview, I wanted to aim high. Because I have connections to both of them-Jamyang is my teacher, and Lynda Barry is an Evergreen alum who is Sally's personal friend-I feel that I will give it a shot, and ask. If I were to interview Lynda Barry, I would need to travel to her. It would be ideal to have someone to help crew for me.
In the event that one or both of them says no, I have back-ups. My back-ups are two older students in my East/West Integrated Psychology class who have shown interest.
I also would like to explore the option of expanding, and using all four people's stories, depending on time/permission.
[edit] FORMAT
The film will be shot in HD.
[edit] SCHEDULE
[edit] Winter
WINTER BREAK: Write letter to Lynda Barry & Jamyang, test mini-doc in HD, visit Green Gulch, get stock footage of the Bay Area
WEEK 1 After Effects Tutorials & Tests
WEEK 2 After Effects Tutorials & Tests
WEEK 3 Write song, animate
WEEK 4 Record song
WEEK 5 Prepare for Jamyang's interview, animate
WEEK 6 Film Jamyang's interview, log and capture and begin editing
WEEK 7 Edit, animate
WEEK 8 Prepare for Lynda Barry's interview, animate
WEEK 9 Travel to Lynda Barry's house, film interview
WEEK 10 Edit interview
[edit] Spring
WEEK 1 Animate, edit
WEEK 2 Prepare for a 3rd interview( ?)
WEEK 3 Film interview # 3, edit
WEEK 4 Animate, edit
WEEK 5 Prepare for a 4th interview (?)
WEEK 6 Film interview #4, edit
WEEK 7 Animate, edit
WEEK 8 Animate, edit
WEEK 9 Finishing touches and export (HD and DV)
WEEK 10 Eval
