SCHEDULE.
Class registration takes place at the BHQFU open house, Friday January 8th. The first class meeting is at 6 PM, Wednesday January 13th, at Recess Art on 41 Grand Street, Manhattan. A production schedule detailing weekly assignments and shoots for spring 2010 will be available here.
Minutes from previous planning meetings appear below and scripts & 2010 shoot schedule will be available shortly.
November 29th.
A working model of the Jonas's apartment and miniature canvases by David Karlin.
We looked at David's model and discussed the significance of various architectural details in Camus's story. We continued to go over a list of scenes and dialog, available here.
November 22nd.
Jonas's song?
Minutes from Nov. 22nd meeting:
This script, chronicling the first quarter of the story, was presented, along with a list of props, characters, costumes. Strategies for cutting down on the considerable amount of voiceover in this script were put forward:
1. Incorporation of song & dance. Gilbert Jonas's inner thoughts represented through song.
See links to star songs
Madonna Lucky Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHOuzJ_Rf1E
Frances Langford You Are My Lucky Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvfAW2QrD_s
Gene Kelly You Are My Lucky Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeIt2pRpHbA&feature=related
Shine, Shine My Star (Russian: Dmitri Hvorostovsky)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcto9lMKmAk&feature=related
(translated from Russian)
Shine, shine, my star,
Shine, cheerful star!
You are my treasured one,
There will be no other.
A tranquil night falls upon Earth,
And stars glimmer in the sky
But you are the one, the loveliest one,
You shine in beams so amiable.
O star of hope, the sanctified one,
The star of love of wonderful days,
You are everlasting in my tormented heart.
Your heavenly beams,
Enlighten my soul entire,
And if I perish, over my grave,
Shine, shine, my star!
Elvis Presley Flaming Star
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0sNtS4Wr_M&feature=related
2. Paintings as props; paintings as establishing shots, specific paintings.
The class begins with a group painting critique in which participants bring in already existing works and decide which paintings are appropriate for various scenes.
Paintings are also assigned for establishing shots. Scenes to open with painted imagery include "The Apartment," "The Pile of Letters," "The Telephone," "The Childrens' Clothes" etc.
In addition to the assigned establishing shots, there are specific paintings that appear in the story, including the 'Text Piece' at the end, the Cloud Paintings, the Portrait scene. These will also be assigned.
3. More dialog will be written into the script to cut down on voiceover.