7.o6.2003
o3:1926h:gmt-8
Spaceship Earth

The challenges of low-budget production are mere hurdles in the creative process. Limited resources call for an abundance of ideas.

With my small team of four people we shot this in half a day and edited in a day. I pre-produced the project alone. I knew the actors through a good friend and it was convienient because they are engaged.

It was a simple idea and a compelling one dealing with the idea of "sharing a moment" in a format and boundary of 15 seconds or 450 frames(less if you are shooting PAL).

Editing down to the bare essentials of a story is a good challenge for a filmmaker. You become more direct and honest with your self, no room for excess baggage.

Striking imagery can be seen in few frames, the information gathered sends the mind elsewhere, associative processes are triggered and a new phenomena occurs on a device where you can play it back, scan through frame by frame, even run it backwards. The idea, imagery, and sound inn15 second begins to take on a brief but repetitive life of it's own.

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This is a rough animatic of the direction we are headed with the piece. The music is only a scratch track. We may get an original piece composed if we have time. The project will be delivered on Beta SP PAL unless we decide we can transfer over the web. Questions of comments to me at fw@itutu.com

In Passing... A script proposal for Nokia 15 Seconds of Frames
Promotion by Floyd Webb ©2003 for RAINDANCE.co.uk

FADE IN: 

EXT DAY: A BUSY SHOPPING MALL IN ANY CITY, SPACESHIP EARTH A MAN and a WOMAN approach each other….their eyes make contact. 

CUT TO: 

INT DAY: A BEDROOM The BED is covered in ROSE PETALS. The Man and Woman fall onto the BED in slow motion. They roll around on it kissing and hugging… 

CUT TO: 

INT. DAY: THE BED We cut close to lips and hands. We see their hands and them kissing and hands clutching rose petals. 

CUT TO: 

EXT. DAY: THE SHOPPING MALL They pass each other. The moment gone They both continue on their way. 

CUT TO: 

EXT DAY: 

PARKING LOT A cell phone rings as the Man is about to get into his car. The Man reaches into his pocket for his phone…he pulls it out and rose petals fall out. 

CUT TO: 

EXT DAY: BUS STOP A cell phone rings. The woman opens her purse to get her phone and rose petals fly out… They each turn to look behind them with their cell phones to their ears. 

FADE TO BLACK. THE END