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<aside> <img src="/icons/fan-deck_gray.svg" alt="/icons/fan-deck_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Filler — Cinematic Voice Over & Talking Head

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<aside> <img src="/icons/light-bulb_gray.svg" alt="/icons/light-bulb_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Pre-Production

Ideas & Notes

Loneliness is only bad if you think it’s supposed to be.
Talk about the difference between loneliness and being alone
Talk with the viewer, not down or up.
Start the video with a monolog about the concept of loneliness

Locations

Loc. 1 — Abandoned Building
Loc. 2 — Bedroom
Loc. 3 — Car
Loc. 4 — Wawa
Loc. 5 — My Neighborhood </aside>

<aside> <img src="/icons/movie-camera_gray.svg" alt="/icons/movie-camera_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Production

Shot List

A Roll

[ ] Act 1 Talking Head — Loc. 2
[ ] Act 2 Talking Head (3 Shots) — Loc. 3
[ ] Act 2 Talking Head — Loc. 3/4
[ ] Act 2 Talking Head — Loc. 3/1
[ ] Act 3 Talking Head — Loc. 1

B Roll

[ ] My shoes walking — Loc. 5
[ ] Back seat when I get in — Loc. 5
[ ] Turning car on — Loc. 5
[ ] Me driving away — Loc. 5
[ ] Driving around — Loc. 3
[ ] Me Getting out closing door — Loc. 1
[ ] Staring at abandoned Building — Loc. 1
[ ] Clips setting up Picnic — Loc. 1
[ ] Starting my car and driving — Loc. 4
[ ] Parking my car — Loc. 1
[ ] Traffic with me behind it picnicking — Loc. 4

Graphics

[ ] The truth about loneliness (Title)

Thumbnail

[ ] Picture of me sitting down having a picnic at abandoned building
[ ] Picture of me staring at abandoned building
[ ] Picture of me sitting down criss cross in front of the abandoned building staring into the lens

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<aside> <img src="/icons/fan-deck_gray.svg" alt="/icons/fan-deck_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Thumbnail — Wide angle shot of me having a picnic out front of an abandoned building.

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<aside> <img src="/icons/drafts_gray.svg" alt="/icons/drafts_gray.svg" width="40px" /> Pre-Production

The truth about loneliness

Written 8/25/22 — 12/8/12

Intro

🗺️ Ext. Parking lot — Evening

🎦 My shoes walking

🎦 Camera in back seat of car showing me getting in

🎦 Turning the car on

🎦 Shows me driving away

💡 Go to abandoned building near the Wawa

🔊 Farewell Blues — Seatbelts

📝 The truth about loneliness

🎦 B roll of me driving

Act 1

🗺️ Ext. Abandoned Building — Evening

🎦 Me getting out and closing my car door

🔊 Music stops when the door closes

🎦 Wide angle shot of the abandoned building with me staring at it

Have you ever noticed that when you’re in a quiet room, everything seems louder?

🗺️ Int. My Room — Noon

🎥 Talking head footage of me

Well, loneliness is the opposite for me.

The more people around me, the more lonely I tend to feel.

It’s not out of the ordinary for me to go days without speaking to a person face to face with my current lifestyle.

Old me would be petrified of the thought of that.

But the current me respects it.

🔊 Music starts to fade in

🗺️ Ext. Abandoned Building — Evening

🎦 Me getting out blanket and laying it down on the ground and setting up a picnic.

🔊 Music fades out

Act 2

So you clicked the video so that I could tell you the truth about loneliness.

🎥 Face shot 1

💡 Start talking while b-roll is on than switch after 1000ms

🗺️ Int. My car — Evening

Well the truth is…

It’s okay to be alone.

🔊 Music plays

💡 Start car and start driving.

🎦 Footage of me starting my car and driving.

🎥 Face shot of me talking while driving.

Not to long ago, the world had me convinced that I needed to be around people to be happy.

But the older I get, the more I realize I am not the world.

The reason old me hated being alone had nothing to do with my affection for being around people.

It was because I subconsciously let society influence how I feel about things.

💡 I stop the car and park.

🎦 Footage of me stopping me car and putting it in park.

🔊 Music stops

🎥 Face shot of me talking to the camera while parked.

The truth is,

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Script Elements