Concept Brief

1. Three ideas I came up with for this project all have to do with love. The first idea would be to stick with the idea of the way the media represents and distorts the meaning of love. I could use clips from media sources that pertain to my topic and show the way in which media romanticizes and/or makes fun of love. The second idea would be to interview people, single and taken, about how they feel about love, what they think love means, and how they feel about it/respond to it. I could interview people with their lover and without and analyze the difference between the responses. The third idea is to catch footage of people expressing love in their own way. Catching a couple holding hands, kissing, hugging between friends, leaning on a shoulder, bringing someone food or a knife in the cafeteria, little gifts, East baskets from parents etc. And then have a small monologue running through explaining what I think love really is. 

2. The idea I choose is the last one. I really want to explore the subtle but sincere ways in which people express their love for others around them every day. 

* I am doing this because I think it is important for me to start recognizing the way in which other people tell me they love me, and also so that I know how to tell others I love them without doing anything more than a hug. I want to become aware. Love is such a generic topic, so I want to make people aware of it in our every day lives. 

* Locations for shooting: across campus? Everywhere and anywhere I can catch little acts of "love"

* Angles: both close up and far away. Some zooming out and zooming in as well when its relevant, different camera angles, even odd camera angles so people will be looking at something old in a new way and at a different angle. 

Lighting: Mostly warm areas, and bright lights so that the movie seems airy and simple  and these little acts of "love" will be seen occurring in every day life but in a different way. 

* If I am filming people or interviewing people, depending on the situation I will need to get their permission. If I need to get people to act out something for me, I will need their consent for my cause. I will need consent of anyone I catch in intimate acts because that's personal. 

* Potential Problems: Not enough time with the camera, not enough footage, can't catch people in the act in the way I want to, technical difficulties

* I want to start shooting pretty immediately so I can collect as many images as possible and piece them together. It is easiest for me to just say that I am going to start filming and then piece it together and continue to go back to it up until the due date.