Editors Meeting
Location: Editing Lab Meister Hall SB
Date: October 27th, 2011

Sebastian Rothwyn and Bret Kerven discussed editing choices and whether shots needed to be retaken for select scenes. We spent close to one full hour, which was originally supposed to be a five minute meeting, discussing the scenes and how the location choices and changes affected the original storyboard and final draft.

Videoshoot: Chess Scenes
Location: Harlem River Park
Date: October 24th, 2011

We shot Cyph Lyfe (Jared Seales) using several techniques.
Extreme closeups and close ups with the chess board in the foreground.
Over the shoulder shots of his alter ego (black or white) while he performed or acted out the scene.

The following were items discussed on October 11, 2011 4:51pm.

Members present were Jared Seales, Sebastian Rothwyn and Mayi Trinidad.

Meeting Goals:

•   Discuss required costumes, equipment and materials
•   Identify needs
•   Identify potential locations
•   Discuss cameo appearances
•   Refine details of treatment into storyboards and shot locations

Points discussed:

•   Cyph’s outfit changes from black to white to color outfits
•   The Canon T2i would be used for shooting video in high definition 1920x1080p
•   Two tripods available and quality lighting needed
•   Re-designation of duties based on availability

Locations discussed:

•   Garbage can scene for fiends on a street corner
•   Cameos of OxP and Tristate discussed for street corner
•   3rd Ward Studio wall with graffiti in Brooklyn discussed as potential alleyway
•   Dark Alleyway scene could be shot at Sebastian’s house in New Jersey. Driveway looks like a dark alleyway if shot correctly
•   Handoffs done in a park
•   Rooftop scenes could be shot on the roof of Mayi’s building if she can secure permission

Considerations were made to find alternatives for all items discussed.

The following were items discussed on September 30th, 2011 at 1:45pm.

Members present were Jared Seales, Sebastian Rothwyn and Mayi Trinidad. Catherine had no baby sitter and Bret was a no call no show (Bret was taking part in the Jewish Holiday).

Meeting goals:

·        Discuss ideas after review of the song
·        Discuss the treatment
·        Accurately interpret the song
·        Share collaborative ideas for music video

Points discussed:

·        Potential censorship of song. Needed to decide on necessity of censorship after meeting with Professor Wisotsky.
·        Making the video like the song poetically and literally. Decided on conservative mixture of both.
·        Illustrated our visions for the music video based on our interpretations.
·        Main character is CyphLyfe.

Treatment:

Primary topic is the duality of the drug game and, by extension, a life of crime. “You can get all of the riches you desire” at the cost of your soul, and in some instances, your civil freedom. The video uses locations and behavior to illustrate the story. Video is up to three minutes and fifty seconds (3:50) in length. Add credits to the beginning and end like a real music video shown on network television.CyphLyfe is the main character and the video will have guest appearances from others to help tell the story. There is some dark humor. The verses are told at a normal pace and the chorus is very fast. The narrative brings meaningful storytelling to screen and tells a story from an empathetic point of view of the situation.