As A Man
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- 1st Frame - Start out in very minimal lighting. Spoken Text - None Camera View - Establishing Shot Post Effects - Black and White
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- 2nd Frame - We now see the stage, actor, and stool. 1st Light Cue - Bring up lights to % shown in picture. Cue is off of director. Spoken Text - None Camera View - Establishing Shot Post Effects - Black and White
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- 3rd Frame - Camera sees actor on stool from these stairs and starts to walk up still looking at actor. Spoken Text - None Camera View - Wide Post Effects - Black and White
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- 4th Frame - Camera follows actor in a 360 degree fashion (as attempted to be shown by the pictures) starting at left shoulder and ending at left shoulder. Spoken Text - Overdub of Gregory saying: "Shot up/Beat up/Beat up/Beat down/Violated/Beterated/Hatred/Because of the color of my skin?" Post Effects - Black and White
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- 5th Frame - Continuation of 4th frame. The goal is to create a "whirlwind of thoughts" of the actor. Camera ends 360 fashion at left shoulder on last line of text. Spoken Text - Overdub of Gregory saying: "I am Strong/I am magnetic/I am intelligent/I am skilled/Intimated because of the color of my skin?" Post Effects - Black and White
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- 6th Frame - Actor is "enlightened" and has a response to his thoughts. 2nd Light Cue - Warm up for cue on: "I am skilled"; Execute after the line: "because of the color of my skin?" Blocking - Actor stands up Camera View - Mid Post Effects - Black and White
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- 7th Frame - Actor, standing, responds to thoughts. Spoken Text - "See me and know that/I am not my skin" Camera View - Mid to close up Post Effects - Black and White
- 8th Frame - The "effect". Spoken Text - On "I am a man", in post-production, footage will go from black and white to color* Camera View - Close up Post Effects - *desired effect is to start color on this line and slowly build to full color by the end of film (as attempted by the following pictures)
- 9th Frame - The "effect" continues; the rest of the dialogue is continuous but the text is broken down frame-by-frame to illustrate the "effect". Spoken Text - "My skin is my external covering...know that." Camera View - Close up Post Effects - Building to color from Black and White
- 10th Frame - The "effect" continues. Spoken Text - "Be not afraid/Be not disrespectful/ Be not judgmental/Be not hateful Because of the color of my skin" Camera View - Close up Post Effects - Building to color from Black and White
- 11th Frame - The "effect" stops; the actor is seen in full color after speaking the words "AS A MAN" Spoken Text - "Because of the color of my skin YOU will never see me/YOU will never know me AS A MAN" Camera View - Close up Post Effects - Full Color
- 12th Frame - The end; fade out . Spoken Text - None Camera View - Close up to wide shot to establishing shot Post Effects - Full color
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