[notes] Lucky You

[permetaform]

Gathered timeline of musings from memory and LJ, collected private and public posts.

Day 1, June 25th
I have the R~I~I~I~II~I~I~I~II~I~I~NG!!!
::opens Premiere::
WHAT?! It's not importing??
::opens up WMM::
::clip clip clip::

Day 2, June 26th
::is so creeped out by movie::
::finishes girl being killed::
Then realized have just wasted an entire verse on someone with only incidental relation to the family theme.
Dammnit.
::closes Premiere in disgust::

Day 3, June 27th
Avoidance, movie too scary and I have no fucking clue what I'm doing about the outline. Stupid thing has no meaning, I don't get this, WHAT THE FUCK WAS I THINKING TRYING TO VID **THIS**, wtf.

Day 4, June 28th
::opens Premiere::
::stares::
::closes it::
::opens WMM to make clips::
::gets too creeped out by movie::
::closes it::

Day 5, June 29th
::reads Production Notes::
hmmm!
::opens outline::
::changes a word::
::stares::
::closes it::
::doesn't even attempt to make clips::

Day 6, June 30th
omg, I'm NEVER going to make the deadline.
avoidance, vidding funk.

Day 7, July 1st
::stares at Premiere icon::
::closes computer::

Day 8, July 2nd
::opens up WMM and starts clipping::
::opens Premiere and fiddles around with clips::
::finishes inital mom driving with son::
Clip problems and questions about creating suspense
::headdesk::
I still don't know what the FUCK I'm doing with this, I want to talk about family and I want to scare people and I think those two drives are mutually exclusive and omg this is NEVER GOING TO WORK.
...
::goes to read meta:: I think it's going to have to be more lyrical...

Day 9, July 3st
avoidance at home. vidding funk.
WHY did I bring my laptop home again??

Day 10th, July 4th
Saw Farenheit 9/11.
"...fear is created by threat."
::lightbulb::
::opens Premiere::
I *still* have no clue what I'm doing.
::closes::
I suck.

Day 11th through Day 13th
I can't do this, what the NUCKING FUTS was I THINKING?!

Day 14th, July 8th
::listens to music on repeat::
::has thought about things going negative, like photo negatives::
::experiments in Premiere::
Asking flist about Solarize and Clip Length
::finishes first part up to clip of phone::
Total done = 1:20
...and I still haven't done anything with the family theme and I don't know how to create threat.
::closes Premiere::
Watches The Fragile for the 10billionth time to figure out what I did. Can't figure out why it's good.
conclusion: fragile=over-rated.
::headdesks and goes to sleep::

Day 15th and 16th
::in denial::
Vid?
There IS no vid.

Day 17th, July 11th
Had met rashaka, and rewatches some vids to rec to her.
Notes use of zooms and jump shots.

Watched League of Extraordinary Gentleman with roomies. Notes creepyness of the jumpy-We-Are-The-Villains-And-This-Is-Our-EvilPlan scene.

Day 18th, July 12th
Had Smallville and vid watching pow-wow with lierdumoa.
Notes use of narrative.

Day 19th, July 13th
Saw Butterfly Effect.
Notes how scared self was, at certain shots, because they were unexpected.
::lightbulb::
::goes back to watch The Fragile, notes how the jump cut at 3:38 was startling::
::watches Why, notes how the jump cuts were startling::
huh.

Day 20th, July 14th
I AM getting this done by the weekend so I have two weeks to nitpick with betas
::slaps down clips::
...
::jumping at random sounds::

Day 21st, July 15th
::vid-farr::
...
::avoids living room with little ghetto tv::

Day 22nd, July 16th
AM I getting this done by the weekend???
::panics and slaps down more clips::
...
::screams and slams into roommate when phone rings::

Day 23rd, July 17th
::finished 1st draft::
Total time = 3:22
I'm not done with the ending but fuck it, I need to send it to beta.
Betas: creeeepy.
Me: YAY!

Day 24th, July 18th
finished 2nd draft
Total time = 4:23
Ew. What is this speeded up clip thing? Ew.
::fix fix nitpick::

Day 25th, July 19th
finished 3rd draft
Betas: ::is creeped::
Me: ::cackles::

Day 26th, July 20th to Day 38th, August 1st
::nitpick, encode::
ew
::nitpick, encode::
dammit
::nitpick, encode::
not quiiiite
::nitpick, encode::
FUCKING PIECE OF *SHIT*
::undo undo undo, encode::
fuck it.
::save, send, collapse::


Initial Vid Outline

(credits)

[intro]
(mom->kid->pic of teen->camping)

They'll (camping)
come soon (well ring)
I keep waiting... (aslyum shot)
and I wait... (video)
Won't somebody... (screaming)
save me.... (well wall)

[girl]
And if you're feeling lucky...(happyshot turn to phone)
come and take me home (videotape)
And if you feel loved (teenager)
If you feel lucky, (water drip)
if you feel loved (looking scared, phone)
If you feel lucky, (tv)
if you feel loved (funeral scar)

[intro mom w/husband]
You've crossed the walls - Excelled (bad mom, investigations)
Further along through their hell (arguing, telephone)
All for my heart, (husband, connection)
I watch you kill (recording accident)
You always have, (horses?)
you always will (maggot)

[getting sucked in]
Now (husband)
spread your wings (pressingtape in)
and sail out to me....(video)
Now [phone]
spread your wings
and sail out to me....(looking up)

[up the sound](and grab)

(paranoid shots, this is really happening)
(movement -> stilled blur)

So if you're feeling lucky... (horse-eye)
come and take me home. (horseblood)
Come and take me home. (ladder)
Come and take me home. (tv and fire tree)
Come and take me home. (well cradle?)
Come and take me home. (tv crawl)
If you feel (tv spazz)
love...(husband scar)

If you feel lucky (scream)

[mom w/ kid]
Crossed the walls - Excelled (investigations)
Further along through their hell (mother push)
For my heart (son)
I watch you kill (screaming at son watching)
You always have (hugging)
You always will (eyes closed, shot of husband)

[escalation and resolution]
If you feel lucky (son and husband)
Spread your wings and sail out to me... (investigation)
[You always have and always will]
If you feel lucky
Spread your wings and sail out to me... (coughing up circle)
[You always have and always will]
If you feel lucky
Spread your wings and sail out to me... (zoom in, increasingly worried)
If you feel lucky(son)
Spread your wings and sail out to me... (sees tape on the floor)
If you feel...(push tape in with son)

Final Outline

[intro, POV:sadako]
(crayon->worried looks->changing channel->family->woman->girl)

They'll (camping photos)
come soon (photo to cabin)
I keep waiting... (video)
and I wait... (phone)
Won't somebody... (well opening)
save me.... (asylum and well)

[girl and friend, M.O. of video, POV:sadako]
And if you're feeling lucky...(happyshot turn to phone)
come and take me home (clock)
And if you feel loved (teenager)
If you feel lucky, (tv)
if you feel loved (looking scared, phone)
If you feel lucky, (water drip)
if you feel loved (death)

[intro mom and family, POV:mom]
You've crossed the walls - Excelled (bad mom-ness)
Further along through their hell (umbrella walking)
All for my heart, I watch you kill (showing to husband)
You always have, you always will (son watching)

[she's coming, POV:sadako]
Now (pressing tape in)
spread your wings (mom jumping)
and sail out to me....(horse blood)
Now [creepy guy in back]
spread your wings [her watching asylum]
and sail out to me....(asylum)

[up the sound](and grab)

[creepy shots]

[her motives, family comparisons, POV:sadako]
So if you're feeling lucky... (opening door, ladder)
come and take me home. (tv and room, son watching)
Come and take me home. (her finding son, her in tv)
Come and take me home. (crawling out well, scribbled face)
Come and take me home. (meeting with the 'mom' paper)
Come and take me home. (parallel parents)

If you feel (eyes pop open, ie. jealousy)
love...(hands in car)

If you feel lucky (kid smiles)

[she's here, husband death, POV:mom]
Crossed the walls - Excelled (finding)
Further along through their hell (crawling out)
For my heart, I watch you kill (husband death)
You always have, You always will (running and finding him)

[solution and resolution, POV:sadako and mom]
If you feel lucky (sadako looking up)
Spread your wings and sail out to me... (her remembering him)
[You always have and always will]
If you feel lucky (zoom to copy)
Spread your wings and sail (cradling in the well)
out to me... (sadako's parents)
[You always have and always will]
If you feel lucky (spreading like a virus)
Spread your wings and sail out to me... (her determined look)
If you feel lucky (son copies tape)
Spread your wings and sail out to me... (well closing, ring forming)
If you feel...(look at son)