INSPIRATION

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Preliminary Shot list

SATURDAY

LOCATION: JOSHUA TREE or SALTON SEA NORTH SHORE

Mood: Hope and joy / Isolation, pain, alienation, longing, sadness

1. SHOTS: LONG/ CLOSE SHOTS HIDDEN VALLEY /RYAN RANCH/SHEEP PASS: Father walks alone amongst the rocks, a large feather sticks out of his back pocket. MOOD: Isolation, pain, alienation, longing, sadness

SHOT 2 HIDDEN VALLEY /RYAN RANCH/SHEEP PASS: CLOSE/MEDIUM: Father struggles to climb a rock.

SHOT 6: LONG/CLOSE: Father and daughter climb rocks, father holds out hand to help daughter

LONG/CLOSE HIDDEN VALLEY /RYAN RANCH/SHEEP PASS: Daughter is small amongst large rocks. A little feather sticks out of her back pocket.

SHOT 1: LONG/MEDIUM/CLOSE: Daughter walks in the large desert and trees alone holding up her tiny feather in the wind

1. SHOTS: MEDIUM/ CLOSE SHOTS HIDDEN VALLEY /RYAN RANCH/SHEEP PASS: Father and daughter plant seeds in the earth / WIDE AND CLOSE UPS OF WALKING

SHOT 2: CLOSE/LONG: Father scoops up pile of sand and holds it up in the sun as the wind blows it out of his hand

2. SHOTS:MEDIUM /CLOSE /LONG HIDDEN VALLEY /RYAN RANCH/SHEEP PASS: (OPTIONAL TO BOMBAY BEACH)Father and daughter put up a birdhouse

4. SHOT: LONG/ MEDIUM HIDDEN VALLEY /RYAN RANCH/SHEEP PASS - father and daughter sit in the dirt collecting bugs (AI?)

5. B roll HIDDEN VALLEY /RYAN RANCH/SHEEP PASS: seeds flying out of a hand, ADDED:big feather/little feather propped in the dirt

Daughter’s shadow on the ground with wings

SHOT 3: CLOSE: Daughter reaches her hands up to try and touch the sun Hands up to sky

SHOT 8: LONG: Father and daughter fly bird kite (this is one of those shots we can try in more than one location)

6. SHOT: CLOSE/MEDIUM SKULL ROCK: MEDIUM/CLOSE: Daughter sits on a rock sketching in a bird book , FREDDY IN EYE OF SKULL ROCK SHOT 4: LONG: Father huddles beside/inside large rock for comfort

SHOT 4: CLOSE: Daughter’s feet walk in the desert sand

3 SHOT: LONG/ MEDIUM CLOSE HALL OF HORRORS - daughter paints the word CHANGE on a rock MEDIUM/CLOSE: Daughter paints the word “change” on a rock

HALL OF HORRORS/TREES

SHOT: 5 MEDIUM/CLOSE: Father and daughter sits in the sand collecting bugs with a jar

SHOT 6: MEDIUM/CLOSE: Father and daughter plant seeds in the ground

SHOT 7: CLOSE: Seeds flying out of father’s hands in the wind

SHOT 8: MEDIUM: Daughter hugs a tree for comfort, crying.

SHOT 9: MEDIUM/CLOSE: Father hands his big feather to his daughter

B roll: Rock formations, tree branches, clouds

JUMBO ROCKS: TBD

SUNDAY

LOCATION 7AM: MORONGO TRAIN TRACKS TALENT AT CROSSING NOT DISTANCE

“YOUNG” FREDDY

MOOD: vulnerable and burdened

SILVER WHITE BOARD

SAFETY TALK- 2 LOOK OUTS

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

OLD LIST:

2. SHOT 2 - CLOSE Father’s face staring ahead and looking at his feet SHOT OFF TRACK 16MM GIMBAL

4. SHOT 4 - MEDIUM - Father walking PUSH into baby feather poking out of the baby blanket 16MM GIMBAL POSSIBLE AI SHOT/GRAB STILL

5. SHOT 4/5 - CLOSE - Boots stop CAMERA TILT UPWARD AND PAN to reveal overwhelming scale of his surroundings 16MM GIMBAL 180

** 3. SHOT 3 - CLOSE - Boots walking on the tracks with a tag hanging down 16MM GIMBAL

1. SHOT 1 - LONG - Father walking down the middle of the train tracks holding an infant in a blanket BOTTOM 1/3RD 16MM GIMBAL / B CAMERA 200MM

6. SHOT 6 - B roll - gravel, rocks, clouds LOCK OFFS FOR CLOUDS

LOCATION: WIND MILLS

ESTELLA

WHITE SILVER CARD

MOOD: freedom and dreams and imaginations

1. SHOTS: COVERAGE CLOSE AND LONG: Daughter twirls in circles imitating the windmills behind her, PULL OUT or PULL IN as she gets smaller or larger to show her smallness

2. SHOTS: COVERAGE CLOSE AND LONG: Arms outstretched, the daughter skips around the windmills.

3. SHOT: MEDIUM/LONG: daughter lays flat on her back looking up at windmills spinning

4. B Roll: POINT OF VIEW from below a windmill revealing it’s massive size, hand reaches into the sky

OLD NOTES:

MOOD: freedom and separation

16MM GIMBAL AND WHITE SILVER BOARD.

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. TRACKING AND FILLOWING 16MM GIMBAL. ESTELLA LOWER 1/3RD.

2. SHOTS: COVERAGE CLOSE AND LONG: Arms outstretched, the daughter skips around the windmills. BOTTOM 1/3

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: searching for 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. LONG SHOT/MEDIUM/EXTREME CLOSE: daughter runs down the street crying

9. 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

OLD NOTES:

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.

ADDED: WALKS ALONG ROAD WITH CIGARETTE.

6. LONG SHOT: father and daughter stand in the middle of the street looking at one another.

2. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE REALITY TRAILER: Daughter stands in a doorway of an abandoned shack.

FILM BOOTS HERE 8. B roll: Big boots/small boots on the steps

5. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE: father sits on steps of broken down trailer smoking when a bubble floats beside him

3. SHOT LONG MEDIUM CLOSE CAR DRIVE IN: Daughter sits in an abandoned car blowing bubbles.

4. SHOT PANNING CAR DRIVE IN a single bubble floating along.

7. LONG SHOT: Father and daughter dance together in the middle of the street/ALLEY

MOVED SHOTS: 2. SHOTS:MEDIUM /CLOSE /LONG: Father and daughter put up a birdhouse

Daughter’s shadow on the ground with wings

LOCATION: BOMBAY BEACH WATER AND ART INSTALLATIONS

MOOD: Joy, pride, connection, fun, fearless, love, adventure, completeness

1. SHOTS:MEDIUM /CLOSE /LONG: Father and daughter put up a birdhouse

2. SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM - father and daughter fly a kite near the ocean

3. SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM/CLOSE: - father and daughter splash water in the ocean,skipping rocks

4, SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM/CLOSE: father plays his guitar for daughter in front of art

installation.

5. SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM/CLOSE: father watches his daughter pretending to be a bird

around the abandoned ship.

6. SHOT: LONG/MEDIUM/CLOSE: daughter puts stickers on her father’s face and plays

with his hair with clips and hair bands as he poses by an art installation

7. SHOT: CLOSE/MEDIUM: daughter sketches birds in an art book

8. SHOT: CLOSE/MEDIUM/LONG: father and daughter play hide and seek amongst the art

installations

B roll : sculptures, graffiti, signs, daughter’s hair

OLD NOTES:

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 BUS STOP: 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

LOCATION: TRAIN TRACKS 111 TALENT AT CROSSING NOT DISTANCE

FREDDY OLDER AND ESTELLA

SILVER WHITE BOARD

SAFETY TALK- 2 LOOK OUTS

MOOD: Lost, alone, unfulfilled

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.

PERHAPS: RACK FOCUS: of the two feathers sticking up from the tracks and then into focus of the father and daughter in their wings walking away from camera down the tracks as THE FINAL SHOT?

OLD NOTES:

MOOD: Lost, alone

6. SHOT 9: - STATIC CLOSE ON father’s face….

3. SHOT 8: CLOSE: boots walking and stopping.

6. SHOT 9: - STATIC CLOSE ON father’s face….

4. SHOT 9: ARC SHOT or OVER THE SHOULDER starting at the side of man’s face to…

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

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. 200M MM AND 16MM 1/3RD.

ACCESS ROAD near gas station. Freddy Estella walk, stand.

PROPS

Birdhouse

Big feather

Little feather

Stickers

Sketch book with bird cover

Fake rock

paint/brush

Jar “bugs”

Package of seeds

Baby doll

Blanket

Baby wings

Father’s wings

Daughter’s wings

Tag for boots (new)

Cigarettes

Lighter

Bubbles

Bird kite

Guitar

Stickers

Hair clips

Scout

Salton Sea Morongo Train Tracks Palm Springs Windmills Joshua Tree