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August 2020 to Sept , I started a 'vision" like you had. Is called "MY Wall" I posted the songs in order here as they came out of my imagination. Its a capture of what was way down in me. It was the most fulfilling thing artistically i ever did. no genre in mind.

What i do,,simply hit "record " 1 day,, & then 24 full songs came out, sometimes 3 a week. . What i didn't do, was stop while the momentum that was goin on. My whole life out of nowhere after a very very rough dui hit run that ruined our lives..life was all the sudden crumbling around me.. I was watching my whole life ..all the hard work & care taking just go away..

This 24 songs & the freedom of my soul through it can never be taken from me.. its all on here in order song by song

what happened next? 2 days after completion had another vision...called "UP" tuned down & 10 more songs came out.

I will never be able to go there again cause it drained me but it helped me as the split was happening..i took it out musically vs reacting even

Then the actual divorce happened & i put the guitar down for all but 2 years. Mistake...all bottled up again


If you have something like that to let out. there is no instruction book..just hit record..it will happen..dont fight it . just do it...
 
Understand your script is never hard and fast, it is merely a guide. When it comes down to shooting and editing in post production, things usually change.

To further the ease of field production (shooting), make a shot list of what you need, divided up by each scene or location if there's multiples. You don't take your individual shots in order of the scripted sequence, you shoot everything in each position before changing to a different one. More efficient for lighting and continuity.

Take a couple takes of each scene, exaggerate one take, get a wide shot and a closer shot also for edit options.

The only other thing I would advise is more dramatic lighting almost always seems better, ( I suspect for something like your concept) so early, later day stuff if oudoors, highly selective lighting of scenes indoors.

Black and white, graininess, slo-motion, etc. are other special effects options you can add in edit, and can also help juice up your project. Suggest you watch a few videos keeping all the above in mind, and it all become a less magical, more logical.

You've now graduated from TVvoodoo film school!Remember me when you accept your award LOL!

this was fun for me. It's been twenty five years since I shot anything remotely arty, but I factored into probably a thousand TV commercials, eight or ten long form videos, (promo, industrial & training) a couple of show pilots, and two music videos. Other work as a lighting and dolly grip and production gopher for a few feature films. Also shot ENG news for a few years, a LOT of hockey games mostly main swing cam, some cornerwork. Multi-cam live stuff like parades, airshows, special events were quite fun too.
But carrying all that gear for so many years genuinely fuggered up my hip, I'll tell u what!

Here's to new paths, and brighter tomorrows for you mcblink.
 
Yeah I know, I get it, I do appreciate it lol

But it's a bit like trying to celebrate the stump I have now, where my leg used to be before I had to chop it off in order to save myself.

It isn't something I wanted or wanted to have to do.
 
BFT Gibson said:
August 2020 to Sept , I started a 'vision" like you had. Is called "MY Wall" I posted the songs in order here as they came out of my imagination. Its a capture of what was way down in me. It was the most fulfilling thing artistically i ever did. no genre in mind.

What i do,,simply hit "record " 1 day,, & then 24 full songs came out, sometimes 3 a week. . What i didn't do, was stop while the momentum that was goin on. My whole life out of nowhere after a very very rough dui hit run that ruined our lives..life was all the sudden crumbling around me.. I was watching my whole life ..all the hard work & care taking just go away..

This 24 songs & the freedom of my soul through it can never be taken from me.. its all on here in order song by song

what happened next? 2 days after completion had another vision...called "UP" tuned down & 10 more songs came out.

I will never be able to go there again cause it drained me but it helped me as the split was happening..i took it out musically vs reacting even

Then the actual divorce happened & i put the guitar down for all but 2 years. Mistake...all bottled up again


If you have something like that to let out. there is no instruction book..just hit record..it will happen..dont fight it . just do it...
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Crazy thing, I didn't intend to start anything or try to dream up some artistic allegory or anything...

This, strange as it may sound, was given to me, bestowed, gifted.

I don't even quite feel as if I can take credit for it. It isn't my work. It isn't even my style.
It was handed to me for a reason, it was both a message and a warning.

I wasn't even trying. I was driving down an old dirty dusty backroad on my way to the jamroom, and in the period of about 2 minutes, I saw, not with my eyes, but with my mind. Not like if I ate a bunch of mushrooms or taken acid and "saw" things. Not like that at all. Entirely unique experience to me, and that's why I have to call it a vision. Because it literally was.
 
TVvoodoo said:
Understand your script is never hard and fast, it is merely a guide. When it comes down to shooting and editing in post production, things usually change.

To further the ease of field production (shooting), make a shot list of what you need, divided up by each scene or location if there's multiples. You don't take your individual shots in order of the scripted sequence, you shoot everything in each position before changing to a different one. More efficient for lighting and continuity.

Take a couple takes of each scene, exaggerate one take, get a wide shot and a closer shot also for edit options.

The only other thing I would advise is more dramatic lighting almost always seems better, ( I suspect for something like your concept) so early, later day stuff if oudoors, highly selective lighting of scenes indoors.

Black and white, graininess, slo-motion, etc. are other special effects options you can add in edit, and can also help juice up your project. Suggest you watch a few videos keeping all the above in mind, and it all become a less magical, more logical.

You've now graduated from TVvoodoo film school!Remember me when you accept your award LOL!

this was fun for me. It's been twenty five years since I shot anything remotely arty, but I factored into probably a thousand TV commercials, eight or ten long form videos, (promo, industrial & training) a couple of show pilots, and two music videos. Other work as a lighting and dolly grip and production gopher for a few feature films. Also shot ENG news for a few years, a LOT of hockey games mostly main swing cam, some cornerwork. Multi-cam live stuff like parades, airshows, special events were quite fun too.
But carrying all that gear for so many years genuinely fuggered up my hip, I'll tell u what!

Here's to new paths, and brighter tomorrows for you mcblink.
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I love it! Again, thanks for all this!
 
mcblink said:
Crazy thing, I didn't intend to start anything or try to dream up some artistic allegory or anything...

This, strange as it may sound, was given to me, bestowed, gifted.

I don't even quite feel as if I can take credit for it. It isn't my work. It isn't even my style.
It was handed to me for a reason, it was both a message and a warning.

I wasn't even trying. I was driving down an old dirty dusty backroad on my way to the jamroom, and in the period of about 2 minutes, I saw, not with my eyes, but with my mind. Not like if I ate a bunch of mushrooms or taken acid and "saw" things. Not like that at all. Entirely unique experience to me, and that's why I have to call it a vision. Because it literally was.
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That is a gift !! Run with it !! Its almost how all my ideas start. but i see colors for notes then go in trance & about 4 hours later is a song lol
 
BFT Gibson said:
That is a gift !! Run with it !!
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Pretty much how I feel about it.

For a minute I wasn't sure if I was supposed to keep it to myself or not.

I don't feel that way anymore. I feel like, sure, share it away, nothing wrong with that at all...
but that wasn't the point. That's not why it happened. It happened because there was a level of understanding that I lacked before.
And also a warning that I am not to abandon her. There will be dire and very dark consequences that were previously unforseen that will be good for no-one, should I completely abandon her.

The nature or our relationship together has to change and that sucks.

But I am not to abandon her.

She's sick. She didn't ask for it, and she didn't deserve it. If I abandon her it will have lifetime lasting effects on my entire family that will live long after I'm dead and gone.

Something must be done, and the relationship between us will be different. But I am not to abandon her. She has nobody else in her life to help her tackle this and if I abandon her...well. Nothing good will come of it.
 
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