Introduction & Movie By Any Means Necessary

Monologue: Danger Phobe

Script (I'll learn how to write scripts better later, I'm guessing)

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Narrator: [Reading Newspaper. Glances at camera, and begins to turn away, but sees something and turns back to the screen slowly]

“What do you want?”

[looks back a paper for a moment and pauses, but then continues to speak]

“I know what you’re thinking, and the answer is still no. No to mountain climbing, and almost certain death. No to dealing with those stupid monkeys, and their idea of a ‘bon-fire.’ That so-called nature camp is a death trap!”

[Turns toward camera and continues on rant] “Hell, I can see the trees going up in flames already!”

“And if that isn’t enough, you still have to fly on a plane to get there. Did you know, there are over eighteen different ways for a plane to bite the dirt, and ultimately get you killed?”

[Forgets about newspaper and begins to rant to camera.]

“You’re pilot can be intoxicated! The plane can be too heavy, or you can fly into a volcano… or have a mechanical error… or be hijacked… or have engine failure… or poor weather… or a mid-air explosion… strike power lines, have a tree collision, a take-off failure, lightning strike, microbursts, engine fire, propeller failure, wing stalling, structure failure, or landing error! Or if you’re really unlucky, you could just disappear! It’s that Bermuda Triangle! Sure… they say it’s a myth, but how does anyone really know? Have you been to the Bermuda Triangle?”

[Pauses, raising an eye brow and nodding]

“Didn’t think so.”

[Turns back to newspaper]

“No, I think I’ll just stay here, in my home where it’s safe.”

[ruffles newspaper and falls silent. Suddenly lights go out.]

“Where’s that fuse box?”

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Project 1 - By any means necessary. Basically, I found myself in a bit of a hole for this project. I was hoping that this would clear up my severe case of writer's block that I've been experiencing lately, but I don't think it did a whole lot.

As a story, I'm mildly pleased. It irritates me that I haven't been able to come up with anything truly inspiring. I know I can write better than this. As for filming, I used iMovie. I understand how to use Quicktime now, but for this particular piece, I think filming at home was a better choice, both for the setting and to medicate my nerves. I debated whether or not to take this movie into Photoshop, but decided that all I really needed to do to it was to warm up the lighting, which could be done in iMovie.

The editing was a bit choppy. I originally made a bunch of takes with my glasses on, but the glare from the computer screen would have made for a difficult editing job, so I decided to do a few takes without my glasses. The overall mood seemed to change a bit towards what I was going for, so with the fact that it solved the glare problem, I decided to use the shots when I had no glasses.

I'm not entirely happy with my work quite yet, but I believe I will feel more confident when I am not the one in front of the camera.