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Re: Photographers, Videographers, Histographers, and other -ographers!
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lugnet.events.brickfest
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Thu, 12 Aug 2004 01:45:40 GMT
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I've always wanted to do a credit-crawl with more than one name; suddenly we'll
all have another item for our résumés. Ideas for footage and structure (long):
Establishing shots of Arlington and GMU.
Emphasis (to the uninitiated) that AFOLs are not just big kids: this is artistry
and engineering on a whole different level than is covered in the LEGO Club
magazine. "Plastic Bricks: the Next Stage."
Need someone with an authoritative voice for voiceovers. Map of where attendees
come from. Table of attendance rise each year. Map of other brick events
nationwide; plus LEGO facilities. Table of ISD speed-build records.
"The spirit of entrepreneurship is alive and well..." (Brick Bazaar, custom
models) "Pre-packaged kits don't last long..." (tearing apart boxes for parts)
"The distinctive etched badges and trophies are provided by..." (fabricating
room). "Demands of the stomach are sometimes overpowered by excitement of the
fingertips..." (granola bars, swigging water, pizza).
A milling, murmuring crowd is boring; unless it's filmed in time-lapse fast-mo.
Setup and teardown: cars crammed full of displays, traversing escalators. Pile
of track diminishes as it's deployed.
Spin small models around, and circle large ones. (Now, what we need is a
Steadicam, or a dolly on which to mount a tripod. Or, a jagged montage.) For
replicas, flip between model and reference images. (Copyright? Fair use should
probably cover it, if credit is given.)
Juxtapose themes/models: put a mech in the town and scare the crowds, or suspend
a ship overhead (one with a spine that'll permit balancing at one end). Simple
stop-mo animation, or just dramatic tableux (anime-style) from dramatic angles
(use backdrop to make sky).
Elaborated badges. Convention exclusives (T-shirt, hat, Capitol mini-model).
Group shot. Interviews. "How long have you been building, how many bricks do
you have, when did you become aware of organized brick fandom..." Should there
be a makeup department to make interviewees presentable? Will we need signed
model releases -- from attendees and expo visitors?
Footage of sessions, demos, gaming. Players going "Arrr!" Gaggles proceeding
to dinner. Trip to LEGO Outlet (if footage therein permitted).
Images from the AFOL comic and clips from the animation fest (as opposed to
*its* compilation DVD). Screencaps of software cited in sessions.
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