Monday, August 29, 2011

First Blog Post: 3 Ideas for Capstone

I have had ideas running through my head all summer, trying to come up with something to do for my capstone. I am not completely set on what I'm going to do yet, but I know I will make some sort of movie. Here are my ideas.

1) I want to create a narrative film that is split into three different segments. The reason for this is because I want to be able to show people more than just a trailer for my presentation. I realize we only get 30 minutes, and I don't want to have to compromise on anything. The film is potentially going to be about post-Armageddon America and is based off of a love story/survival story.

2) The other idea I had was to create a documentary series on the decline of cotton farm and textile mills in America. This subject I haven't researched a whole lot, but I find it to be of great value because the United States was once the world leading exporter of cotton.

3) Another idea I had was to create sort of a "road" film, either a documentary style by following someone traveling, or a narrative style film.

The 3 examples that inspired my ideas are as follows, The book Swan Song by Robert Mcgammon, Finding out that the US isn't the leading exporter in Cotton, through news articles, and the book On The Road by Jack Kerouac.
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23 comments:

  1. Lloyd RobersonAugust 30, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    Lloyd Roberson

    How will the "post-Armageddon America" movie be any different than movies like Mad Max, 2012, or the Post Man?

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  2. The Spice of LifeAugust 30, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    Amy King --

    I think my only question is time. When would you do this trip across America? Because they all sound like they're going to involve some serious traveling.

    Cool ideas though.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 31, 2011 at 3:45 PM

    Sharayah Sanders

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  4. UnknownAugust 31, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    Ashleigh Finley

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  5. magic jasonAugust 31, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    Jason Utt

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  6. santiagoAugust 31, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    santiago casar

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  7. zgoinsSeptember 1, 2011 at 12:09 PM

    Zach Goins

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2011 at 9:17 AM

    Alyse McMiller

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2011 at 10:15 AM

    Heather Ousley

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2011 at 9:21 PM

    mike lulgjuraj

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  11. Patty SollmanSeptember 3, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    Robert Sollman

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  12. wwallaceSeptember 4, 2011 at 10:21 AM

    William Wallace

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  13. Beth TankSeptember 4, 2011 at 1:33 PM

    Wow. Been awhile since I read Swan Song. Good book. I like the "post-Armageddon America" idea. Good Luck :)

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  14. COOSTOSeptember 4, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    jocque carey

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  15. SamanthaSeptember 4, 2011 at 10:44 PM

    Those ideas are freaking awesome. I would love to see a post-Armageddon America done in 30 minutes. No joke.

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  16. BillyclubSeptember 5, 2011 at 8:32 AM

    I like the post-apocalyptic idea. It would be sweet to score a film of that genre.
    William Backhoff

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  17. PhilipSeptember 5, 2011 at 11:41 AM

    I like the idea of the post-apocalyptic film in america. Couple things to note with that is that it will probably take a lot of scene building to get the look you might want to go for. And I agree with Lloyd, you are going to have to be sure to make it different from the movies he listed as well as games like Fallout. It would be something I think I'd enjoy to see though!

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  18. AnonymousSeptember 5, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    jody brown

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  19. GarinSeptember 5, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    Garin Grist

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  20. Thomas TravisSeptember 5, 2011 at 10:26 PM

    Thomas Travis

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  21. TomBobSeptember 6, 2011 at 7:48 AM

    I appreciate that you're taking into consideration the actual capstone presentation this early in the planning stage. Most people just come up with a project and then try and crowbar it into the time allotted.

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  22. Jacob HytenSeptember 6, 2011 at 11:20 AM

    I like your first idea of splitting it up into different sections so that you can present it completely and not have to have a separate viewing for your film other than your presentation day

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  23. Saviss N-420September 6, 2011 at 2:07 PM

    Saviss Mahmoudi

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