Location Scouting

Last thursday, me and Beatriz went location scouting.
We were looking for two streets (with minimal green foilage),
Two different alleyways,
and a forrest.

I found the forrest by chance last Saturday went I went to a birthday BBQ in Blanchard Park. We went there first.

It's Perfect.


It doesn't look as warm as it normally does because these photos were taken while the sun was setting, but the forrest looks a lot warmer when the sun is high. There are lots of small winding pathways through the forrest which can easily because invisible if shot in the right way. Also there are several different kinds of woods within the forrest, such as a pineoues region, a swampy region, and a more oaky/grassy region.






This is the open area in the woods that the mugging will take place. Once again, it will look much brighter and warmer with the sun in the sky.

This is Pine Street between Magnolia and Rosalind, it will be the first street we film on. I plan on filming at the other end of old DMAC and try not to film too much the green building.


The second street is Wall Street between Magnolia and Rosalind. It's behind the library and one of the very few streets downtown without trees on it.

Damn those trees.

Pre Production Begins

urbanize

verb
1. make more industrial or city-like; "The area was urbanized after many people moved in"
2. impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon; "Birds are being urbanized by people in outdoor cafes feeding them"



Urbanization is an idea I came up with in Cinematography 1, so most of you are familiar with the idea allready. The idea revolves around a man going to work in the city, and experiencing Urbanization at it's worst. He witnesses humanity in it's lowest form. Finally fed up with the city, he goes into the woods and surounded by the innocent forrest he at last is happy. Until he gets beaten to death and mugged.

I find the irony helarious.



I plan on using some strong artistic elements, focused mainly around the use of color. During the city scenes, I want everything to be desaturated and off color. And no greens. Then in the forrest I want everything to be supersaturated and bright, full of life and color. Finally with the introduction of the mugger, things will suddenly lose most of its color again.

What I'm trying to convey (through a dark comedic manner) is Urbanization. Allready the forrest is losing it's innocense to humanity. Urbanization is the spread of humans, the spread of their cities, their population, their technology, their waste, their lives. So far, Urbanization has had a primary negative effect on our planet. For the sake of this short, humans are viruses. The kicker is that the forrest has allready started ti urbanize, however unfortinately for our protagonist, it has started the Urbanization process with muggers.


I have not yet written the script though I expect to have a rough draft by the end of today. Beatriz Gomez has agreed to produce my project.