When being assigned to make a self portrait about yourself, it is difficult to not go insane and crazy with different ideas. Sure, you could theoretically make anything your heart desires, go for it! You go, gurl. However, once the idea well runs dry, it becomes difficult to make a cohesive story without it just being a jumbled mess of images and noises. It would be unpleasant for people to view a film that is the visual equivalent of puke after chugging a fifth of Burnett's and the audio equivalent of someone farting into your ear consistently. Fortunately, I have a somewhat cohesive idea of what I want to do for this film, so here it goes:
I want to make a film that shows the inside of my head on a daily basis. A head where a thousand different thoughts are layered on top of each other, where a little bit of everything makes sense but your train of thought gets derailed easily. I want to show how these ideas can drive you insane and scare you sometimes, then transition to more calming, relaxing moments in life. You know, the times where you walk on the beach, where you drink some warm chocolate milk, where police pull you over for speeding to fast; just the most relaxing times. I want to show what source material has had great influence on my life and what inspires me to go forward with this career disguised as a lifestyle called "film making". This includes showing all of the German films and TV series I grew up on, the films and TV series I watch now, the surreal and bizarre things I find on Adult Swim, YouTube, and other parts of the internet, old school animation from Ub Iwerks, and tons more. This will form a cohesive montage that flows from memory to idea back to memory and thoughts in between a few ideas and memories back to actions and memories throughout a plan then work and sleeeeeeeep then back to memories and.... yeah you get the point. It will be a bit hectic. I don't want this montage to be overwhelming for the viewer, I want the viewer to be able to make connections between different things that show up on screen and the soundscape created as a result. I don't want the viewer to mindlessly sit through a bunch of nonsense thrown together, I want the viewer to be able to look inside of their head and see their crazy thoughts within themselves. At the end, the montage will end and will zoom out to me staring off into space. Someone (most likely my girlfriend) will wave their hand in front of my eyes, asking if I am alright. I say yeah, then they respond with something along the lines of "haha, you're always in a world of your own". Oh boy, this world would be quite the trip.
TECHNICAL SPECS TIME!!!
Alright, for this project I have a ton of different ideas for sick edits I want to use. First off, I have a huge love for datamoshing (example can be found here) and want to incorporate it in this film in one way or another. It would look pretty sick and make the viewer go "whaaaaaa....". I also want to try and use some deep dream sequences (example can be found here). I don't quite know yet how to accomplish this video effect, but I could do frame by frame animations, but that would take forever. I have drone footage that I want to use and a TON of source material. Like, a butt ton. Not too much, but a healthy amount.
So yeah, that's the general outline of what I want to do and accomplish. I need to get started with editing, like, now, or else my brain will move out and I will need to sublease my head to another brain. I don't want my brain to move out, he makes for a good room mate. Although he can be all over the place sometimes, its still my brain. Breezy out
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