the visual metaphor proposal

Visual Metaphor Proposal

 

1.   Project Title
2. Team Members: Phoebe Li, Crystal Wen, Tracy Wu

III.  Concept | Storyline:

1. Our narrative voiceover will be an excerpt from the chapter Cities & Eyes 4 from the book Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.
2. The story is about your arrival in an invisible city called Phyllis. You are amazed, but over time, you lose interest and the city becomes nearly invisible to you.
3. From the story, we are going to focus on the last section of the chapter, which describes the desperation and aimlessness of an empty life.
4. We are going to pursue ____ style/aesthetics

1. Execution Plan: 

1. When shooting the movie, we will use equipment including a cell phone, a DSLR camera, a sound recorder, and a stabilizer.
2. We will shoot at various locations. 
   1. We will use lively scenes at many times of day in locations like a busy street, a party, a restaurant, Puxi Nanjing West Road, the Bund, etc. to show an actor being unamused by situations that should be very stimulating. 
      1. We will shoot at the same locations at times that are more deserted and not busy, while our actor stays constant, to show the transition.
   2. We will use everyday daytime scenes in locations like an office, a study room, etc. to show an actor being worn down by repetitive obligations.
   3. We will use very blank scenes at a purposefully unknown time of day in locations like a bed, in front of a window, staring at a wall, etc. to show the desperation and meaninglessness.
3. We might prepare for some challenges we might encounter, such as using photoshop or similar streets if we can’t get an empty street,  or we have prepare a wonderful intention but we can’t express it properly.
4. We will collaborate and divide work as specified in the Gantt chart below.

1.   Storyboard Draft

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1. Gantt Chart*

Task	Owner	Start Date	Due Date	Duration	PCT of Task Complete
Record preliminary voice over	Crystal	11/20	11/20	5 minutes	100%
Rough overall storyboard – cohesive story and sequence, which lines = which locations, what’s happening in general	Tracy	11/21	11/22 before class for proposal	1 day	100%
Make shooting categories – 3 days, which locations, what to shoot, WHEN, WHO’S GOING, etc.	Tracy	11/22 (Mon)	11/22 (Mon) before the class is over		100%
Storyboard for shooting day 1 parts of the video (angles and lights), + feedback & help from groupmates	Tracy	11/22 (Mon) after class	11/23 (Tues) midnight		100%
Filming day 1	Tracy	11/24 (Wed) morning	11/30 (Tues) midnight		100%
Storyboard for shooting day 2 parts of the video (angles and lights), + feedback & help from groupmates	Phoebe	11/22 (Mon) after class	11/23 (Tues) midnight		100%
Filming day 2	Phoebe	11/24 (Wed) morning	11/30 (Tues) midnight		100%
Storyboard for shooting day 3 parts of the video (angles and lights), + feedback & help from groupmates	Crystal	11/22 (Mon) after class	11/23 (Tues) midnight		100%
Filming day 3	Crystal	11/24 (Wed) morning	11/30 (Tues) midnight		100%
Video edit draft 1 – see what parts of the voiceover to change timing of	Crystal	12/1 (Wed) morning	12/4(Sat) midnight		100%
Final Voice Over Recording	Crystal	12/5 (Sun) morning	12/5(Sun)midnight		100%
Complete audio editing/timing (voiceover + bgm)	Phoebe	12/6 (Mon) morning	12/6 (Mon) midnight		100%
Video edit final	Phoebe	12/7 (Tues) morning	12/8 (Wed) before class		100%