Storyboards and Supplies

  My big filming day is tomorrow!

  Now, I've made some changes to the filming and plot due to the amount of time I will have with my actors and because I wasn't 100% with my characters and their dynamic.

 I have cut the "resurrection" because while I was planning I realized that the master shots I was picturing would eat up a lot of my time and I just think the resurrection wouldn't fit in the two minutes. Because I'm not planning on having the Queen come back to life, but I still want her to say her iconic line "Boogie's Back," I've decided to also cut the idea of Boogie dying. 

  Instead of making the film about Boogie's death and revenge, I have decided to change it to begin with the point where Boogie made it to the top and became"The Queen" and then having the rest of the film be kind of a "flashback" to Boogie's rise, how she met Thelonious,

and what exactly happened in their relationship for them to turn into dancing rivals. In order to achieve this I've decided to center the opening around the death of Thelonious, symbolizing Boogie finally making it as the Queen and also having an event that will trigger audience intrigue and make them want to continue watching to find out more about these characters. I think hearing Thelonious' voice over and description of Boogie paired with watching him "die" seconds later will also create some viewer intrigue.

  To balance these big cuts I have also decided to bring back the dance battle, but just have it be a quick montage instead of an epic fight scene.

 I feel like this idea would create much more interesting characters and by showing the thoughts of the "villain," it creates a fine line between who the real hero and villain is.

 Although I had pictured utilizing my extras a lot during the opening scene, after gathering up a couple of my friends I realized that I didn't have enough people or enough time to direct these people to heavily include them in my opening. For this reason, I have decided to instead use my beautiful friends as background people just to, basically fill up space and make the scene feel like an actual party and not just two people dancing in an empty room. 

Storyboard(1)

Storyboard(2)

  With the big day being tomorrow, I also gotta ensure I got all the art direction and supplies together. Last night, I talked to my actor Mina and we've decided on a costume and make up

design for her character, the Queen!

MANY OPTIONS

Groovy, furry coat

  We've decided on this beautiful, big furry coat that Mina owns to be the main piece of her outfit. For the top underneath I thought that a simple crop/halter top would fit perfectly with the time period and with Boogie's character, and lucky for me Mina had many clothing options so I just decided to go with a striped halter top to go underneath.

   After sifting through many options for pants(high-waisted leather pants, skirts, etc) I decided that plain, high-waisted denim jeans would be the perfect match for the all-white coat because I want to portray Mina's character as good and holy, so sticking with lighter colors would support that. As far as make up goes I decided to just go with Mina's classic makeup look, white eyeliner and a purple/red lip. The makeup design fits well with her character and I think she'll look great as the Queen!

I've already asked a friend to borrow a tripod and a spotlight, but it was up to me to buy some items for my set design. Yesterday I went out and purchased some last minute supplies for the big day including:

-some colored light bulbs that I will be using to change the atmosphere of my setting with ease

-party streamers that follow my color scheme

-a silver shimmery door curtain that I will be able to hang in a doorway, this could be a great way to add depth to my opening

-a couple balloons that I plan on placing throughout the room

  Besides that I will also have a few extra light fixtures, such as the desk lamp that is pictured, in order to have more control over the lighting.

  Oh! I should also make a quick update about  what's happening with my location. I talked to the neighborhood management and they said they had no problem with letting me use the clubhouse area BUT their only requirement is that I be accompanied with an adult. Sigh. Don't think I could ever get an actual adult adult to hang around with me seeing that my parents will both be working, but I've discussed it with the lady at the front desk and she told me as long as their 18+ it's alrighty!
  Wish me luck!
stay cool, kmp