It appears that I will not be able to upload the shot by shot up for technical reasons and cannot as of now. I am currently working on my final project which is a project in which I take all I have learned cumulatively from this course and apply it by creating a single video on virtually any topic I wish. Since I have plenty of free reign on this, I have decided make a video on a subject which is very relevant to me existentially.
My subject is an attempt at portraying the way we detach ourselves with constantly occupying our time on our computers. Computers are very common because of our advancement in telecommunication, so by implication they are essentially a large portion of how we function. I feel as if communication is to some extent limited when we are typing away, isolated in our rooms, rather than engaging in face to face conversations. I have drawn up a storyboard for loosely what I want to film in order to accurately portray the implications of that sort of isolation. The storyboard goes as follows: The scene I have planned would be of a man at his computer in room at his desk, on his computer. A close up shot of his face is seen. He has a zombified look on his face. Then the scene switches as the shot flashes across the screen with words Day 1 and then back to the shot of the man at the computer with a couple bits of trash on the desk. Day 2 flashes across as the new shot and then back to the man at his desk with even more trashed piled on top. Much of the same is repeated with Day 3 and 4 as more and more trash piles up until finally on Day 1 it switches to a shot of himself buried beneath a pile of garbage. The man is asleep and then suddenly wakes up. Without a moment to spare, he pulls himself from the pile of garbage and continues his activities on the computer with a haggard, yet wide eyed look on his face. The next shot is of one of his friends going up to him, trying to convince him to get off the computer. The man at the desk is completely unresponsive and the friend leaves the room. The following shot closes up on the man's face with a tear streaming down his face, although the man's expression has not changed at all. The camera slowly shot slowly recedes away from the man, revealing that he is in a huge empty room all by himself. Finally he drops out of his chair onto the floor. The man suddenly wakes up and looks around confused. He realizes it was just a dream. As he looks back he sees the computer and is at first startled because of his association to what was in his dream, but his change of expression to that of a determined resolve clearly indicates he will not let what he dreamed come to pass. He then leaves the room to call up his friend. The next shot is of the phone in his friends room as it rings. No one answers. The last shots are first of his friend at his computer and then a closeup of the friend's face. The friend has the same look as the he had in his dream and then it cuts to black story ends.
The point of this idea was to portray semi-concretely and semi-abstractly the implications of the sort of self imposed isolation that could be created by someone who spends their time encased in this technological construct. As of now I have not decided where I should film and I'm still deliberating about who I will film as the characters. I am considering possibly getting any of my friends that are available to participate. Updates are on the way.
