Empire State Bldg Elevator Pitch Draft-1

Inspired By the Online Rees/Morray Vid 1
This pitch is in its evolutionary state-

My thesis will be executed in a Dadaist fashion, "A Happening" producing and examining the physical production, character development, and use of cyberspace to distort the fictional context of the characters as they interact with real people online via MySpace profiles for the feature length independent film "chosen fallen". The completed project will be displayed as an installation in a public space exposing the pre and post production by ways of digital projection, printed archives, and live displays of the props and acting participants. Spectators will be able to interact with the online character profiles and explore the Meta analysis of the process. The intended result for the "chosen fallen" project is to produce an ultimate dada piece of work defying the conventions of independent film production.

Character Transformation - 4

Stage 4_Acting Participant's Portrayal of character on film for production.


Caterina - Human Cargo
PM - Drug Trafficking
Engin - Cyber War
Tanka - Boy Soldier
Rake - Terrorism

Character Transformation - 3 - MySpace Profiles

Stage 3_Participating actors create a bio portraying their fictional character on MySpace


Acting participants will network initially with "friends" involved in the "chosen fallen" project with existing MySpace profiles and then accumulate individual "friends" that do not have a direct connection to the project. All email, comments, and friend request will collected from a common email forward management system set up on "chosenfallen.com than represented in meta information form.

Character Transformation - 2

Stage 2_Participating actors are chosen & issued a Bio

Myriam lanau (Production Unit Manager) presents a bio to Lance and Mike

PM - Played by Mike
Roger - Played by Lance
Morgue - Played by Clayton
Caterina - Played by Kat
Engin - Played by Owen
Rake - Played by Joseph

Character Transformation - 1

Stage 1_Character Bios are developed

Core 6: Prototyping

Meta-analysis will be executed to examine three aspects of the "chosen fallen" project: The physical production, The transformation of acting participants, The analysis of fictional characters portraying real life people in virtual space.



Physical production - The orchestration of support from others involved in the project from the Producer, Production Unit Manager, Director, and Production Support Team to plan and schedule production in four locations; New York NY, Sherman CT, Memphis TN, and San Antonio TX. The process in the production of props, costume, and set design will be included.



Transformation of acting participants - Issued a bio specific to their character, acting participants are hand picked and encouraged to embrace the bio as their alter-ego for the duration of the project. Participants are assigned research leads and information communication via email to assist in character development.



Analysis of fictional characters portraying real life people in virtual space - Acting participants will post profiles for their characters on MySpace to interact with known and unknown individuals in cyberspace. The objective of this exercise is to analyze the perception and participation of others as they interact with the fictional characters on line by way of email, blogging and networking.

Thesis Overview

Core 6: Prototyping Begins
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Thesis Overview

An exploration and documentation of the process producing "chosen fallen", a feature length independent film.
Utilizing web technologies to communicate, produce, collect and archive data, and exchange media will be implemented. Inspired by the early Dadaist of the 1940's this venture will be the ultimate "happening" by ways of modern technologies that did not exist at that time such as DV capturing, nonlinear editing capabilities, and global participatory interactivity via the world wide web. The "chosen fallen" project will consist of three concentrations: Information Architecture of the physical / virtual relationship, the mergence of truth and fiction portrayed by acting participants, and the analysis of networks established online using public communities such as MySpace, FaceBook, and chosenfallen.com.



The film is a collaboration between artist, actor, producer, and director taking place currently in four locations; connecticut, New York, Tennessee, and Texas. Filming will take place this summer in San Antonio, Tx. The completion date for this project is fall 2008-spring 2009.


www.chosenfallen.com
chosen fallen MySpace

Inspiration

Inspirational People

Joseph Heller - Writer
Akira Kurosawa - Writer, Director
Takeshi Kitano - Actor, Writer, Director
Orson Welles - Actor, Writer, Director, Producer
Danny Boyle - Director, Producer
Sir Richard Branso - Entrepreneur

Inspiration From Life

My dissatisfaction with our contemporaries to interact on a civil level outside the conventions of artificiality drives me to produce a statement. The moving image is an effective way to represent and articulate heavy issues censored by mainstream media. In short, I am unimpressed with the human race. We have had the knowledge and capability to exceeded today's technological standards, ecological preservation practices, and governmental infrastructures since the development of nuclear fission 1938. Hybrid vehicles, iPods, war, hunger, and poverty? Paaaaleeezzz!!!