Noun’s The Word

Ok so this assignment should be rather interesting- three videos based on the description of a noun (a person, place, thing or idea).  So here’s what I’m thinking so far, and hopefully these ideas are cool cuz like I said before, my brain’s a little tired lately and it would rather sleep than think.  So here goes nothing.

Person:

I was going to do a video for my Basic Video class but my other idea was accepted (through a lot of option weighing since both ideas were well received by my instructor) so I was thinking that I could do a small version of that video for this class, like a prologue of sorts.  The person whom I find to be very interesting is Mark Hubing, my sister’s boyfriend.  Mark has a very unique personality which would show no fear of the camera, thus would convey well through this medium.  I think it may best to go about this documentary style and film snippets of Mark’s daily life.

My original idea was to focus on both Mark and his best friend Joe, because of the strong friendship that the two have, but I think with the time constraints of three minutes I will only focus on Mark.  He is a musician so some of the sounds I can incorporate would be of his original work.  I think scheduling may be the only possibility for problems to arise, but Mark is usually around enough that hopefully this would work out.

Place:

The place I think would be interesting to record would be this coffee shop I sometimes go to in Cedarburg called the Cedarburg Roastery.  Cedarburg in general is an interesting place to focus on because of the strange mix of conservative small town residents with the mingling of other more liberal minded residents (which are usually former out-of-towners).  The Roastery offers  a view of this life as people drink coffee at the tables outside while passersby take walks with their kids and dogs.

Besides this angle, the Roastery is very picturesque and quaint and offers the unique experience of being able to see coffee actually being roasted in a large roaster in the middle of the cafe itself.  I can incorporate the daily sounds of the the normal goings on and conversations that occur at the Roastery, and also the sounds of the roaster itself, which can be very loud at times (something which can be distracting at a coffee house, but  I guess it’s part of it’s charm).  The only obstacle I can think of is getting permission from the owners, but I am friends with someone who know the owner fairly well, so it shouldn’t be too big of a deal.

Thing/Idea:

I want to explore the idea of “home” in this last video.  One way I was thinking that could be done is with a series of small interviews with people about what they think “home” means, and what is “home” to them personally.  I would need to get some people that are willing to be filmed, which can be difficult when people get shy, but I think I know enough people that I could have enough material for a three minute video.  I might also then juxtapose the places people call home with their individual interview clip to help bring the idea out into the tangible world more.