What I would like to investigate/do:

– film a documentary, ‘montage’ style/structure

– process: will be ‘doc’ style, investigating the subject, getting them to talk about themselves in a personal manner – but doesn’t have to be about personal, it could be a recent thought that they had, or situation that they encountered, something substantial. so really all I’m gonna do is have a long getting-to-know-them chat and work out things from there

– then I will reflect upon our conversation – jot down some points I might like them to go through in a deeper sense that I think is suitable for me to create something with

– there will definitely be ‘narration’ involved, maybe some sit-down interview sequences

– the bulk of the footage for the montage will be determined after we have set a topic (or whatever idea) for the participator to talk about

– largely their content + my interpretation of that

– the participator will be deeply involved in this, I will also get them to send to me some videos, films, documentaries that they like and I will also show them some inspirations

– pretty documentary process, yet the outcome will not be as documentary I hope

Some footage ideas:

– things they mention, eg. if they are talking about nature, some footage of nature

– places they like/frequent, their interaction – how they ‘hang’ there

– their fashion, get them to wear something that they think really defines them, have close ups of details of clothing

– maybe even get some footage in the car

– lighting/weather they like eg. if they like rain – raindrops, or water drops, if they like warm weather – sun, shadows, breeze, spring – bright flowers, colours?

– what kind of person they are? messy? neat? – get them to fold their clothes neatly, make bed

– morning person? night owl? dusk/dawn? drawing curtains, catching sunset

– handwriting

– magazines they like to read, pages/snippets

– past works -> archival style

Some technical things to try out:

– playing with exposure, focus, zoom

– speeding/slowing/repeating actions or shots

– transitions? effects?