Life's a Pitch

Migraines...

I was hoping my migraine would be done by now, however I woke up several times during the night with it still haunting me, and it is still quite comfortable in the inner-most parts of my head.
Can't blame it, really... there is a lot of empty space to run wild and free up there... anyway.
Exposure to the computer is a huge source of food for it. I couldn't write this thing sooner because of it, and since I still have it, I'm going to try to be short and sweet before it becomes agonising again.
Apologies if I miss out anything, or if it isn't of expected length.


Web and Graphic Design

We went over various key points when it comes to a web design proposal. This included things such as covering everything that may come after the job is done, such as modification, and also things such as costs, timeframes, disclaimers, etc.
We also were made aware of something called a Brand Bible, basically, the law of the land regarding logos and headings, and even site colours and designs, etc., regarding specific companies and businesses.
Example being, the McDonald's logo is always a yellow M on a red backdrop, and never any other colour.

We also discussed a decent format for writing a website proposal, and we were to come up with ideas for our own sites.
While I do have some initial ideas drawn and written down, I have been prevented from going much further at this point, and I may or may not be a bit behind.


Drawing

For this session, we drew our model as she lay upon the platform, staring at the mirror, and in addition, drew her reflection. For my piece, I emphasised the lines on both the drawing of the model and the drawing of her reflection, making it appear that she were lying with a twin sister, or at least a sister.


Preproduction

We were introduced to something called Scenecronized, a cloud-based program in which looks to serve as a basis for ease of scene creation in the script, and from there, creates a list of items and locations of which is required in the shoot. The scenes could also be rearranged into an order as such that it made it more efficient in terms of daylight, actor-on-set efficiency, and shot location... such a clever little program.

We also had to show what we had so far for our music videos - however, some of us did not have a song yet, so we did not have anything to show.
What I did do, however, was start on a Mood Board for Connor's Lords of Cynder - I had no confirmation on whether or not I had the song, just that he really liked my idea. My first pitch had fallen through, and I was hoping my second pitch (his) would be picked.
It was not, and I did not discover this until Friday. After that, my hopes were running on my final pitch with Ruth, for her song Not Your Fool.


Video Production

Due to dizzy spells, which were accompanied with headaches and nausea (which were only aggravated by staring at a screen, which is, pretty much what my life is all about), I had to miss class. There was no telling if I would even make it without fainting - and even if I did, I wouldn't have been able to do much, since, y'know, computers and such.
From what I learned from Patrick though in response to my apology, it was basically covering the episode that happened last Monday.
Monday's episode? Well, a proposed change in approach caused some rather inappropriate Facebook conduct - all which happened while I was in Web and Graphic Design - from the initial email, to the hubbub on Facebook.
Funny what can transpire within the single session of a single class...


The Last Pitch

I'll make this a separate little heading, since while this falls under VP and PP, happened on a NC day (Video Production, Preproduction, No Class, respectively, because acronyms).
Thankfully I felt better than the day before, which helped, since pitching isn't my most favourite thing in the world.
I met Ruth in the student lounge and pitched my idea there. Like my pitch for Connor, it would involve both some acting and footage of her band playing.
Her song, Not Your Fool, has this kind of funk-retro-ish feel to it, so with the band playing, I am reminded of video showing a band from the 80s and such, with lights and moving shapes in the background. I proposed that for this, her band could play in front of the greenscreen, and I could put the shapes and lights into the music video in post. Given my experience with Maya, a 3D program, a bit of animation could work quite well here.
With the acting segments, which would be slotted at various parts of the song (which will be dictated mostly by the lyrics), it will continue to show her singing, but also contain masks as a theme. Her song sings about changing faces, so the donning and removal of masks seemed to hit me immediately when I first listened to her song.
There would also be a male actor, and he will be the one to wear the different masks, showing he has different faces, and the song goes as if to say she can now see the real face - towards the end, in one shot, she will remove the mask from his face, showing his real face, and the idea is that she may fling it away.
I was supposed to draw up storyboards and construct a new moodboard for this over the weekend, but... migraine. Not really something I'd like to use as a reason for not getting the work done, but if I can't stare at a computer screen for a prolonged period of time without agonising pain in my head and eye, then... I guess taking care of myself is a top priority. At the very least, I have a direction in which to go in, and I can try to get in a little bit of time here and there - just not with a long session.
Those dizzy spells and whatnot could have been the precursor to this migraine... I feel so lucky.

That said, I should get off this thing, my head is starting to throb with pain again.
I'll try get more up regarding visuals by next blog entry.

Tarri out.