Wrapping

I now have it, a script. I am in the phase Dr. Lamb would call wrapping and while my script is not failsafe, I do have a general idea in where I want to go. I am going back and forth between creation and processing information. While before I was going between webbing, wiggling and wrapping, I now feel taht I am more in the wrapping part of the project.

First off the cards. I talked with my uncle and he suggested using paintbrush to create placards to write words on. I messed around with this a little yesterday and it works. I just take an old picture, paint it all black and waa laa, I have a backdrop for written words. I plugged it into Movie Maker and it works. Now just to make the frame and text and I think that is easy enough as I have done both with paintbrush before.

The script is simple. It has to include my son and be close to three minutes. So to make something that would incorporate warplanes but keep it a little less than serious, I took a cue from Charles Schultz and thought of an idea of a duel with the Red Baron. Now just to get him in the sky with the Red Baron. I have been toying with a dream sequence. I will start shooting that this weekend as I will be home and it will be more natural as I am not sure how he is going to work with the camera.

The other bit is the music. I listened to some old scratchy 78s and have a few choices. Most come to three minutes giving me the time limit I need for my script. I also think the scrathcy sounds of the music replicates what I have heard on some of the films I have watched.

Now the question of how to incorporate other pieces of film into mine. I feel that since I am not making any money off of this and the films I am dealing with nicking scenes from are over 70 years old, I will be alright but I can't seem to find a way to transpose those onto another media. I will work with that once I get the initial scenes with my son shot.

As Kuhlthau says around this time a person feels relief and I can say I am truly feeling that way. Whiel i still have a lot to create at least now I have a ballpark idea of what it is I am creating and knowing that pulls a load off of my shoulders.