The song
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SYNOPSIS
Inspired by the opening clip that mentions being “ under the effects of drugs ” & the lyrics “ heal me with your love “ combined with the overall euphoric energy of the track I love the idea of the film visually echoing these feelings in a unique way.
I thought about how to express these ideas and phenomena in a digestible non-explicit way. When under the influence you experience many things including euphoria, lowered inhibitions and a rise in body temperature.
I fell in love with the idea of the film being shown from a rarely seen perspective, from infrared or thermal vision. I begin to imagine euphoric adventure explored completely through infrared vision and love the visual doors it opens.
Infrared Vision
STORY
I'd like to follow a loose narrative of a subject, I'm thinking a female at home alone. I imagine its a first time trip, she's in a modern LA Hills type of place. She doses, her body heats up, her senses are heightened, she turns on the stereo and we watch as she explores what was once a lonely home, turned into a euphoric and sensual wonderland. She blasts the stereo, jumps on around the living room and on her bed as the playfulness that she hasn't experienced since childhood return.
I imagine this as a fun, clever and sometimes sexy story of a good trip. Filled with special moments, like dancing with a broom, the cat watching watching curiously, jumping into the pool and some more intimate moments. Part of the discovery for this video will be testing, and discovering what things look like through infrared, playing with different colour pallets and responding to those discoveries to create something truly unique that opens and captures the minds of the viewers.
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Discovering the world of infrared.
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SCRIPT / NARRATIVE
ACT ONE
Introduction
Our lead ( lets call her Alina ) drops an unknown substance via an eye dropper under her tongue
First Effects
Alina's body warms up. her hands, extremities, core body and head
Start of the Trip
She walks around her house, like its something new, fascinated by commonplace things like the plants, the bed sheets and patterns are suddenly lively and intriguing.
ACT TWO
Movement
Alina puts on some music and dances around the house. Full of love and evergy.
Exploration
Alina moves out doors, clothes on she jumps into the pool, swimming, floating and gazing up at the stars
ACT THREE
Outdoor Exploration
Alina walks into the jungle, followed by her dog the two wander. They head down a path an to a waterfall.
Nature & Surrounding Life
Alina is shown as the element of nature she truly is, a mama amongst other mammals. Her heat signature is compared to that of other mammals and nature around her, her dog, the fish in the waterfall, monkeys watching from the trees and all abundance of life around her.
Serenity & Warmth
Alina is shown coming down from her journey. Laid out we see the heat of the substance subsiding in her body. At peace and having the life force within her weekend she rests.
LOCATIONS
I am currently writing this treatment from an island called Koh Phangan, in Thailand. This is an ideal place to shoot this project because its surrounded by geological diversity and also has the type of modern "Hollywood Hills" type of villa we are looking for.
Good for our situation, tourism is non-exsistant, these locations are very available for shooting.
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CASTING
Casting wise, I just recently shot a project for Nowness Asia that is in post production but I have worked with very talented performers that are perfect for this role. Particularly I have in mind a performer coincidentally named Alina. Below are location pictures and casting references from actually that I have worked with here on location.
Below are short clips of three movement, expressive talents i've shot on my iPhone who i feel would work great for this. Although their movements would be quite different for this track.. and of course they'd be in infrared vision.
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technical process
TECHNICAL PROCESS
Infrared cameras come in a large variety of scale and quality. For pre-production and research we will use a infrared camera that attaches to your smart phone to begin exploring and discovering the thermal world.
While shooting we will use military grade infrared camera for one week as we capture our story. These cameras allow for control over the colour scheme & will allow to develop a unique look for the film.
THANK YOU
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As much as the thoughts I have expressed so far for the vision of this film, between now there will be a lot of discovery through pro-pro and working with infrared cameras. I am also very open to ideas from Burns and management to come up with the best possible film for everyone. I would be extremely excited to take this journey and explore a world rarely seen. Exploring what feels like a mixture of science & story telling it is a new yet familiar territory which is always an enjoyable journey.
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