Installation Concerns

I'm thankful for the installation project. I believe that this will be a great way to end the semester, and ever since I watched the Gossip Girl episode where some artsy-mysterious-bad boy woos Serena by creating a snow-themed installation project as her Christmas present, I wanted to be exposed to more moving, living art (yes, I watch Gossip Girl often. They have great music and clothes. Sue me.).

I'm really excited for our idea of mirrors everywhere! I think if we can project our found (?) footage off of the shed and reflect/refract it amongst the mirrors, the response would be awesome. I'm concerned about getting mirrors, though. I can contribute about three good sized mirrors, but even if we each bring three, that would not be enough to get the effect we are going for.

I'm also concerned about how we will project it (where we will get a projector), and how to make our project more "filmic". I think I would like to portray the elements through film--a digitalized version of fire, maybe water, and maybe behind the scenes of fans pretending to be "real" wind. I'm personally at a loss for earth, though.
Maybe we could explain through mirrors and projections how film distorts and exploits the elements....

MY Photo

This picture sums me up because I love traveling, and I constantly quote movie. But credit is due to my sister, Megan, for this snapchat--which sends me to my other point... I LOVE MY FAMILY. And we have a great sense of humor.
This was a really hard assignment for me, but I decided to practice no attachments by choosing a picture depending on the content from a deeper meaning (and not limit myself to only aesthetic beauty).

My Cucalorus Plan

Friday: Yokohama Shorts (if I can make it), Children of Salt

Saturday: Living Stars & Stomping Ground

Sunday: The Return & Rosecomb Shorts?

Self Portrait Ideas

It finally hit me what I would like to portray in my self portrait:

the emotional responses to my fears and gratifications.

I believe this assignment is the perfect timing for this point of my life because I feel like my fears control me, and recently my gratifications have given me release to pursue my happiness. I'm not completely sure how this will be executed, but I was wondering if this could be a rhythmic edit of a sort?

Perhaps a parallel action, or just shot-reverse shot if not the case. All I'm attempting to do is create an emotional reaction/understanding within the audience's perception.

It will be really challenging for me not to use anytime of MUSIC musical background, but maybe that could be exposed as another fear of mine. Now that I sit and think about it, this assignment is an oxymoron: I'm exposing my fears within a fear. But filmmaking is more than a fear (most of the time), it's a thrill!

At the moment, I plan on solely using my phone for all recording (sounds, pictures, etc). My phone directly reflects my thoughts, and unfortunately, it's where I spend much of my time anyways (part of the instant gratification era?). I will create a list of my fears and things I enjoy, and then several different ways this could be portrayed. I could attempt at taking three fears, three hobbies, and then several portrayals of each. But that might be too much...

I would like to practice a bit of color correction, so if I have the opportunity to do so, I might try to figure that out. It has a good chance of ending up a bit botched, but hey, this is an experimental class!