Screenplay with visual aids

A) INT. WHITE VOID - Soft yellow paint drips on an empty white surface. It begins in the middle of the frame, small drips at first. The dripping continues, picking up speed and quantity. YELLOW begins to move in a spiraling motion. Increases speed and quantity.

B) POWER TOOL SHOTS - A heavy duty DRILL spins away. We see the rear of the Drill, as if we are holding it. Next, we focus in on the Drill bit spinning. TURBINES and PISTONS power up.










C) WHITE/YELLOW SPACE - Yellow paint is circulating rapidly. ORANGE drips onto Yellow and they blend together in a spiral of movement, imitating the spinning of the power tools.

D) POWER TOOL SHOTS - Drills, Turbines, Pistons, and PULLEYS increase their speed and intensity. We see each object growing in their individual shots. We see each object in all three angles while moving- rear, side, front. The shots move quickly from one another.

E) INT. WHITE/YELLOW SPACE - Yellow and Orange are swirling together. RED paint begins to drip on top of the spiral. The paint is covering the screen now, a full frame of color. Enter the Drill, it spins furiously into the spiral of deep orange paint, splattering color from every angle. Enter drops of deep PURPLE. Purple paint drips heavily into the mix of drilling paint. A pulley joins in, pulling up paint and dropping it back in center.


F) SEMI AND TRAIN WHEELS - Next shot of rotating Semi wheels moving at a heightened speed. Shot moves into Train wheels pushing across screen. The movement shifts and shows steam billowing from the train engine.

G) INT. WHITE VOID #2 - Purple ink (in water) flows up from the middle of the screen. It continues to move through the frame, growing in volume, but not intensity. It is flowing, not rushing through the space.

H) INT. REDISH/PURPLE PAINTED SPACE - The paint slows it speed in its spiral. The Drill and Pulley slow their pace as well. The paint begins to flow downward to the right of the screen. We now see less paint and pigment, power tools are still spinning slowly but steadily. Yellow paint drips back into middle of scene. It does not grow in speed, yet remains steady and calm amidst the power tools. A peaceful structure has been restored.

END

SCREENPLAY: MELLIFLUOUS MACHINE

EXPERIMENTAL:

A) INT. WHITE VOID - Soft yellow paint drips on an empty white surface. It begins in the middle of the frame, small drips at first. The dripping continues, picking up speed and quantity. YELLOW begins to move in a spiraling motion. Increases speed and quantity.

B) POWER TOOL SHOTS - A heavy duty DRILL spins away. We see the rear of the Drill, as if we are holding it. Next, we focus in on the Drill bit spinning. TURBINES and PISTONS power up.

C) WHITE/YELLOW SPACE - Yellow paint is circulating rapidly. ORANGE drips onto Yellow and they blend together in a spiral of movement, imitating the spinning of the power tools.

D) POWER TOOL SHOTS - Drills, Turbines, Pistons, and PULLEYS increase their speed and intensity. We see each object growing in their individual shots. We see each object in all three angles while moving- rear, side, front. The shots move quickly from one another.

E) INT. WHITE/YELLOW SPACE - Yellow and Orange are swirling together. RED paint begins to drip on top of the spiral. The paint is covering the screen now, a full frame of color. Enter the Drill, it spins furiously into the spiral of deep orange paint, splattering color from every angle. Enter drops of deep PURPLE. Purple paint drips heavily into the mix of drilling paint. A pulley joins in, pulling up paint and dropping it back in center.

F) SEMI AND TRAIN WHEELS - Next shot of rotating Semi wheels moving at a heightened speed. Shot moves into Train wheels pushing across screen. The movement shifts and shows steam billowing from the train engine.

G) INT. WHITE VOID #2 - Purple ink (in water) flows up from the middle of the screen. It continues to move through the frame, growing in volume, but not intensity. It is flowing, not rushing through the space.

H) INT. REDISH/PURPLE PAINTED SPACE - The paint slows it speed in its spiral. The Drill and Pulley slow their pace as well. The paint begins to flow downward to the right of the screen. We now see less paint and pigment, power tools are still spinning slowly but steadily. Yellow paint drips back into middle of scene. It does not grow in speed, yet remains steady and calm amidst the power tools. A peaceful structure has been restored.

END

Industrial and the organic

For this video, I think I will start out with paint instead of the industrial. The bike wheel is going to be replaced with heavier more industrious materials. I was thinking of using train wheels, turbines, pistons, power tools and pulleys. Some of this, I might have to use found footage. Beginning the video with paint, I would start slowly- showing slow movement then pick up the pace. From the paint, I would move to separate shots of power tools and pulleys then back to paint, increasing the speed and movement. Then I would show train wheels, hitting the climatic point. I was thinking I could use billowing smoke and paint swirls together after the train clip. Then I want to actually move the power tools and other items of the industrial through paint--maybe have a drill spinning through paint or the pulleys lifting up and splattering back down. I really like the visuals of forging. And if I could use some found footage maybe this would work well with the bright colors of paint: Imagery ideas for pulleys: Angle of train wheel clip: I like this video for the quick movement. I'm not sure how to intensify the movement without elapsing the time like this, but maybe by color and quantity. Just ideas.

Final Project Proposal

EXPERIMENTAL Through spinning wheels and splattering paints, I want to create a short film that alludes to the industrial/organic balance. Technology and biology (the organic) are often presented in a dueling dichotomy. I feel it is important to express the symmetry of the two. Nature feeds man. Man feeds technology. Technology feeds nature. They coexist and are cyclical in their essence. I am using a bicycle wheel to embody the industrial and/or technological. It is made of metals and solid in form, yet its fluid motion evokes a calming organic sensibility. The ink and paint drips mimic the organic in biology. I will be using bright colors as that of scientists' dyes. I want to open with the spinning hub and expand outward, showing the full wheel in rotation. I want to unfold smooth, seamless transitions between the wheel(s) and the fluid paint: droplets, spills and swirls. To better visually harmonize the two materials, I plan on using some bright colored spoke lights on the wheels. This should give it a more un-interrupted ambience. The goal is portraying one cohesive unit. I want to demonstrate a crisp but satisfying symphony. It will be captivating, yet simply meditative. My prime audience would be men or women, 40-60, who feel they belong only to categories and stereotypes, who still feel the need to categorize and classify, and who feel there is always a need for division.