INSPIRATION
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Preliminary Shot list
LOCATION: TRAIN TRACKS
MOOD: vulnerable and burdened
1. SHOT 1 - LONG - Father walking down the middle of the train tracks holding an infant in a blanket
2. SHOT 2 - CLOSE Father’s face staring ahead and looking at his feet
3. SHOT 3 - CLOSE - Boots walking on the tracks with a tag hanging down
4. SHOT 4 - MEDIUM - Father walking PUSH into baby feather poking out of the baby blanket
5. SHOT 4/5 - CLOSE - Boots stop CAMERA TILT UPWARD AND PAN to reveal overwhelming scale of his surroundings
6. SHOT 6 - B roll - gravel, rocks, clouds
LOCATION: TRAIN TRACKS SAME OR OTHER
MOOD: Lost, alone
1. SHOT 6 - CLOSE ON a different older pair of boots without a tag walking on the tracks. PUSH OUT revealing it is sometime later. The man wears different clothes. He does not hold a baby now. He smokes a cigarette
2. SHOT 7: LONG FROM BEHIND as he walks
3. SHOT 8: CLOSE: boots walking and stopping.
4. SHOT 9: ARC SHOT or OVER THE SHOULDER starting at the side of man’s face to…
5. SHOT 8 : FIRST PERSON: little girl 3 to 4 years old sits in the dirt with a jar that reads “BUGS” THIS SHOT IS AI
6. SHOT 9: - STATIC CLOSE ON father’s face….
FINAL SHOT: LONG SHOT away from camera - The father and daughter both wear wings and walk down the tracks. The daughter could skip beside the tracks as the father walks in the center carrying a birdhouse.
LOCATION: WIND MILLS
MOOD: freedom and separation
1. SHOTS: COVERAGE CLOSE AND LONG: Daughter wanders alone with the windmills behind her, PULL OUT or PULL IN as she gets smaller or larger to show her isolation and loneliness.
2. SHOTS: COVERAGE CLOSE AND LONG: Arms outstretched, the daughter skips around the windmills.
3. B Roll: POINT OF VIEW from below a windmill revealing it’s massive size, hand reaches into the sky
LOCATION: BOMBAY BEACH SHACKS AND TRAILER PARK
Mood: alienation and searching and initial connection
1. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE: father stands or crouches in the middle of the street alone amongst the shacks and trailers.
2. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE: Daughter stands in a doorway of an abandoned shack.
3. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE: Daughter sits in an abandoned car blowing bubbles.
4. SHOT PANNING a single bubble floating along.
5. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE: father sits on steps of broken down trailer smoking when a bubble floats beside him
6. LONG SHOT: father and daughter stand in the middle of the street looking at one another.
7. LONG SHOT: Father and daughter dance together in the middle of the street
8. B roll: Big boots/small boots on the steps, big feather/little feather propped in the dirt
Daughter’s shadow on the ground with wings
LOCATION: JOSHUA TREE or SALTON SEA NORTH SHORE
Mood: Hope and joy
1. SHOTS: MEDIUM/ CLOSE SHOTS: Father and daughter plant seeds in the earth
2. SHOTS:MEDIUM /CLOSE /LONG: Father and daughter put up a birdhouse
3 SHOT: LONG/ MEDIUM CLOSE - daughter paints the word CHANGE on a rock
4. SHOT: LONG/ MEDIUM - father and daughter sit in the dirt collecting bugs
5. B roll: seeds flying out of a hand
LOCATION: BOMBAY BEACH WATER AND ART INSTALLATIONS
MOOD: fellow misfits, joy, pride, connection, fun, fearless, love
1. SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM - father and daughter fly a kite near the ocean
2. SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM/CLOSE: - father and daughter splash water in the ocean,skipping rocks
3. SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM/CLOSE: father plays his guitar for daughter in front of art installation
4. SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM/CLOSE: father watches his daughter pretending to be a bird around the abandoned ship
5. SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM/CLOSE: daughter draws on her father’s face and plays with his
hair with clips and hair bands as he poses by an art installation
6. SHOT: CLOSE/MEDIUM: daughter sketches birds in an art book
7. SHOT: CLOSE/MEDIUM/LONG: father and daughter play hide and seek amongst the art installations.
8. B roll : sculptures, graffiti, signs, daughter’s hair
ADDED:
Dad Climbs rocks
Daughter climbs rocks
Hands up to sky
Daughter with feathers
Daughter hands Father a late feather.
Daughter shadow on ground with wings.
Dad walking near gas station.
Scout
Salton Sea Morongo Train Tracks Palm Springs Windmills Joshua Tree
53. Joshua Tree Across from Rock Piles Sheep Pass 2. SHOTS:MEDIUM /CLOSE /LONG: Father and daughter put up a birdhouse
52. Joshua Tree Hall of Horrors 3 SHOT: LONG/ MEDIUM CLOSE - daughter paints the word CHANGE on a rock
50. Joshua Tree Hall of Horrors 4:30 pm 1. SHOTS: MEDIUM/ CLOSE SHOTS: Father and daughter plant seeds in the earth 5. B roll: seeds flying out of a hand Hands up to sky Daughter shadow on ground with wings.
49. Joshua Tree near Skull Rock or Jumbo Rocks 6. SHOT: CLOSE/MEDIUM: daughter sketches birds in an art book (Moved from Salton Sea)
46. Joshua Tree Ryan Ranch and Ryan Mountain or Jumbo Rocks 4. SHOT: LONG/ MEDIUM - father and daughter sit in the dirt collecting bugs Daughter with feathers Daughter hands Father a late feather.
45. Joshua Tree Hidden Valley *Option- 1. SHOTS: COVERAGE CLOSE AND LONG: Daughter wanders alone with the windmills behind her, PULL OUT or PULL IN as she gets smaller or larger to show her isolation and loneliness. Dad Climbs rocks Daughter climbs rocks
51. Joshua Tree Hall of Horrors 4:30 pm
55. Joshua tree *Option- 1. SHOTS: COVERAGE CLOSE AND LONG: Daughter wanders alone with the windmills behind her, PULL OUT or PULL IN as she gets smaller or larger to show her isolation and loneliness.
35. Morongo train tracks 7 am 13990 Apache trail Cabazon, CA 92230 1. SHOT 6 - CLOSE ON a different older pair of boots without a tag walking on the tracks. PUSH OUT revealing it is sometime later. The man wears different clothes. He does not hold a baby now. He smokes a cigarette 2. SHOT 7: LONG FROM BEHIND as he walks 3. SHOT 8: CLOSE: boots walking and stopping. 4. SHOT 9: ARC SHOT or OVER THE SHOULDER starting at the side of man’s face to… 5. SHOT
34. Morongo train tracks 7 am 13990 Apache trail Cabazon, CA 92230
32. Morongo train tracks 7 am 13990 Apache trail Cabazon, CA 92230
33. Morongo train tracks 7 am 13990 Apache trail Cabazon, CA 92230
31. Morongo train tracks 7 am 13990 Apache trail Cabazon, CA 92230 FINAL SHOT: LONG SHOT away from camera - The father and daughter both wear wings and walk down the tracks. The daughter could skip beside the tracks as the father walks in the center carrying a birdhouse.
37. Palm Springs windmills 7:30 am 701 Garnet Ave, Desert Hot Springs, Ca, Garnet Ave between Indian Canyon Drive and Wall road. 1. SHOTS: COVERAGE CLOSE AND LONG: Daughter wanders alone with the windmills behind her, PULL OUT or PULL IN as she gets smaller or larger to show her isolation and loneliness. 2. SHOTS: COVERAGE CLOSE AND LONG: Arms outstretched, the daughter skips around the windmills. 3. B Roll: POINT OF VIEW from below a windmill revealing it’s massive size, hand reaches into the sky
38. Palm Springs windmills 7:30 am 701 Garnet Ave, Desert Hot Springs, Ca, Garnet Ave between Indian Canyon Drive and Wall road
36. Palm Springs windmills 7:30 am 701 Garnet Ave, Desert Hot Springs, Ca, Garnet Ave between Indian Canyon Drive and Wall road
40. Palm Springs windmills 7:30 am 701 Garnet Ave, Desert Hot Springs, Ca, Garnet Ave between Indian Canyon Drive and Wall road
42. Palm Springs windmills 7:30 am 701 Garnet Ave, Desert Hot Springs, Ca, Garnet Ave between Indian Canyon Drive and Wall road
41. Palm Springs windmills 7:30 am 701 Garnet Ave, Desert Hot Springs, Ca, Garnet Ave between Indian Canyon Drive and Wall road
39. Palm Springs windmills 7:30 am 701 Garnet Ave, Desert Hot Springs, Ca, Garnet Ave between Indian Canyon Drive and Wall road
67. Salton Sea 2. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE: Daughter stands in a doorway of an abandoned shack. 5. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE: father sits on steps of broken down trailer smoking when a bubble floats beside him
62. Salton Sea 1. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE: father stands or crouches in the middle of the street alone amongst the shacks and trailers. 6. LONG SHOT: father and daughter stand in the middle of the street looking at one another.
19. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am 2. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE: Daughter stands in a doorway of an abandoned shack.
18. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am
3. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE: Daughter sits in an abandoned car blowing bubbles.
69. Salton Sea
68. Salton Sea
23. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am
58. Salton Sea 6. LONG SHOT: father and daughter stand in the middle of the street looking at one another.
22. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am 6. LONG SHOT: father and daughter stand in the middle of the street looking at one another.
20. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am 7. LONG SHOT: Father and daughter dance together in the middle of the street
61. Salton Sea 7. LONG SHOT: Father and daughter dance together in the middle of the street. *EXTRA SHOT GIRL SKIPS/RUNS CAMERA TRACKING FROM BACK OF VEHICLE.
16. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am *EXTRA SHOT GIRL SKIPS/RUNS
75. Salton Sea 4. SHOT PANNING a single bubble floating along.
70. Salton Sea B roll: Big boots/small boots on the steps, big feather/little feather propped in the dirt Daughter’s shadow on the ground with wings
71. Salton Sea *extra shot follow girl through door.
72. Salton Sea 4. SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM/CLOSE: father watches his daughter pretending to be a bird around the abandoned ship 7. SHOT: CLOSE/MEDIUM/LONG: father and daughter play hide and seek amongst the art installations.
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74. Salton Sea
84. Salton Sea 3. SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM/CLOSE: father plays his guitar for daughter in front of art installation
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76. Salton Sea
77. Salton Sea
79. Salton Sea
80. Salton Sea 5. SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM/CLOSE: daughter draws on her father’s face and plays with his hair with clips and hair bands as he poses by an art installation
81. Salton Sea 4. SHOT PANNING a single bubble floating along.
85. Salton Sea 1. SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM - father and daughter fly a kite near the ocean 2. SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM/CLOSE: - father and daughter splash water in the ocean,skipping rocks
86. Salton Sea
87. Salton Sea 8. B roll : sculptures, graffiti, signs, daughter’s hair
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82. Salton Sea
24. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am
88. Salton Sea Tracks
93. Salton Sea Tracks 1. SHOT 1 - LONG - Father walking down the middle of the train tracks holding an infant in a blanket 2. SHOT 2 - CLOSE Father’s face staring ahead and looking at his feet 3. SHOT 3 - CLOSE - Boots walking on the tracks with a tag hanging down 4. SHOT 4 - MEDIUM - Father walking PUSH into baby feather poking out of the baby blanket 5. SHOT 4/5 - CLOSE - Boots stop CAMERA TILT UPWARD AND PAN to reveal overwhelming scale of his surroundings 6. SHOT 6 - B roll - gravel, rocks, clouds
89. Salton Sea Tracks
90. Salton Sea Tracks
91. Salton Sea Tracks
92. Salton Sea Tracks
94. Salton Sea Tracks
7. Salton Sea North Beach 11:30 am route 111 98900 block near fire station 6. LONG SHOT: father and daughter stand in the middle of the street looking at one another. *Option-1. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE: father stands or crouches in the middle of the street alone amongst the shacks and trailers. Dad walking near gas station.
2. Salton Sea North Beach 4:30 pm route 111 98900 block near fire station. *Option-4. SHOT PANNING a single bubble floating along.
5. Salton Sea North Beach 4:30 pm route 111 98900 block near fire station *Option-5. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE: father sits on steps of broken down trailer smoking when a bubble floats beside him.
6. Salton Sea North Beach 11 :00 am route 111 98900 block near fire station *OPTION-7. SHOT: CLOSE/MEDIUM/LONG: father and daughter play hide and seek amongst the art installations. *-Option 2. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE: Daughter stands in a doorway of an abandoned shack.
4. Salton Sea North Beach 4:30 pm route 111 98900 block near fire station
3. Salton Sea North Beach 4:30 pm route 111 98900 block near fire station
1. Salton Sea North Beach 4:30 pm route 111 98900 block near fire station
30. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am
28. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am Actual shot would be close to brave sign
44. 19455 Cooper Rd and Eldorado, Whitewater, CA 92282 (near Garnet Windmills Palm Springs) 8:30 am
29. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am Actual shot would be close to"Ghost ship"
25. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am Actual shot would be close to structure towards sea
27. Bombay Beach Salton Sea "Bus Stop" 11:00 am
43. 19455 Cooper Rd and Eldorado, Whitewater, CA 92282 (near Garnet Windmills Palm Springs) 8:30 am
66. Salton Sea
17. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am
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60. Salton Sea
15. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am
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21. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am
48. Joshua Tree Live Oak 4:45 pm
47. Joshua Tree Skull Rock
54. Joshua Tree
65. Salton Sea
26. Bombay Beach Salton Sea 11:00 am
