Video for Ray

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Contents 1 Goal 2 Execution 2.1 Pick a Task 2.1.1 Flirt 2.1.2 One Night Stand 2.1.3 Long Term Relationship 2.1.4 Married 2.2 Sign the Pledge 2.3 Need It List 2.4 Shot List 2.4.1 Sports Racers 2.4.2 Ray's Daughter 2.4.3 Ray 2.4.4 Boss 3 Idea 3.1 Theme 3.2 Soundtrack 3.3 Logline 3.4 Synopsis 3.5 Treatment 3.6 Cast 3.7 Character Study 3.8 Story Boards 3.8.1 Scene 1 3.8.2 Scene 2 3.8.3 Scene 3 3.8.4 Scene 4 3.9 Animatic

Awed Job 00:06, 18 January 2007 (PST)

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Goal

Awed Job 22:35, 18 January 2007 (PST)

• Submit all content for Ray's Video by 07 February, 2007
• Complete the Video for Ray by 15 February, 2007

Execution

Pick a Task

We all have differing levels of availability and interest in this project. But we can work together and achieve our goal. Luckily, all the thinking about how that will happen has been done for you. Pick Your Level of Commitment to this Project. Complete a task or two.

Flirt

Casual and fleeting involvment but definately inerested.

• Sing Along w/ Ray

1. Call the SRDD Hotline 866 I R DRUNK(866-473-7865)
2. sing/hum a few lines from the song (consumatron mix)

One Night Stand

Fun for a short romp and then it's time to get on with your life.

• Flickr Hunter - Add photos of the Downtrodden to the Video for Ray Flickr Pool

1. 360 image goal
2. 1000 x 800 pixels
3. (cc) or public domain
4. Subject Matter - average Jane and Joe being kept down by the man.
5. Add to the Video for Ray Flickr Pool
6. We'll add the best photos to the video during the guitar solo. CU head shot of Ray will slowly dissolve over these images.

Long Term Relationship

Seen each other at best and worst. Still, unable to take that final step.

• Submit Sport Racer Footage: see shot list
• Pick an item from the Need It List

Married

The love of your life. There's nothing you wouldn't do for this person.

• Submit Ray, Daughter & Boss Footage: see shot list

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Sign the Pledge

Sign your name below along with what tasks you will be completing. We're gonna hold ou to it. Not all are ready to commit even to flirting. That's cool. Thanks for stopping by.

1. Awed Job - Produce & Direct Video for Ray
2. consumatron - create 3 minute video mix of Goose's remix of Ray's song
3. blankedyblank - recording a boatload of clips
4. ADD YOUR NAME HERE

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Need It List

• MiniDV Cam in San Fran - CherishHellfire will be shooting some footage this Saturday. Her camera is a broke-ass Mavica that records on floppy disks! You need to loan her your miniDV cam. You're not using it. Help a duckie out, will ya! Details here.

Shot List

Sports Racers

1. Head shot of your singing along with Ray to this song.
2. Medium shots of you working. (waist to head fill the screen)
3. Close up - hands typing, papers stacking, hand reaching for coffee, whipped cream
4. Reaction shots - your boss is yelling at you, you realize how you will get back at your boss
5. Action shots - running towards the camera, away from the camera, running past camera from left to right.
6. Manual Labor Footage - we've got some office stuff, lots of people behind desks. Tote that bail. Dig that ditch. Wax on. Wax off. Put yer backs into it duckies!
7. Hasslin' Footage - Same workers but getting hassled by "the Man"
8. Ass Whippin' Footage
   1. Buy 12 oz. can of Redi Whip
   2. Print out lukkucairi's label
   3. Record Footage of you Whippin' some ass! Example
9. Full Frame Running - Part of the montage where we see Ray "transform" into the everyman. Example.

Ray's Daughter

1. In office, at desk.
2. walking to desk
3. answering phone
4. filing papers
5. papers dumped on desk by "the boss"
6. sad, possibly crying, head in hands
7. calling Ray-cherishhellfire
8. standing cold still - receives the business from her boss
9. eyes transition from panic to determination - here she's humming Ray's song to herself
10. eyes brighten - she sees her father approaching before he kicks in the door maybe he could text her as he's on his way up if the setting doesn't work out for this exact idea
11. shrugging off boss
12. folding her arms/widening her stance
13. smiles to her father
14. whippin' boss's ass
15. walking out of office w/ father

Ray

1. sitting in chair at his home
2. answering phone
3. jumping out of chair, grabbing phone, running out door
4. running to car -cherishhellfire
5. jumping into driver seat
6. driving car from passenger seat
7. static shot - Ray car drives by left to right
8. tracking shot - Medim shot of Ray driving car, from hood of car, from street
9. hopping out of car
10. running towards building - full shot, tracking and static
11. entering building
12. kicking in office door
13. entering office
14. placing hand on boss's shoulder
15. placing hand on daughter's shoulder
16. whiping tears from her eyes
17. whipping out the Ducki Whip
18. holding down boss while daughter "Whips his ass"
19. walking back to car with daughter
20. Ray singing refrain - "I'm about to whip somebody's ass." Will be interspersed throughout entire video.

Boss

1. yelling at Ray's Daughter
2. harrassing RD
3. peering up from behind desk
4. wagging finger at RD
5. sleazily/suggestively places hand/hands on RD
6. surprised look - when he sees Ray enter
7. cowars as Ray approaches
8. pees pants when Ray grabs his shoulder
9. getting ass whipped

Idea

This is where we play with ideas. It's easier to move a pencil line on a story board than a mountain on the set.

Theme

Give Me Strength - That was Ray's hope in creating the song for his daughter; that it would give her strength to get through the troubles she was facing. Let's make Ray's Video a gift to the world so that the downtrodden may find the strength to get through their day.

09-22-06 - Fabulosos, it's time to fire up the Wiki again and help make the music video for Goose's extended remix!

Soundtrack

No disrespect to goose but we need a shorter version of the song if there is going to be any hope of getting this project finished by 07 February '07.

• Awed Job's quick and dirty remix weighing in at 3 minutes and 19 seconds [1]

Logline

A one sentence explaination of the music video

Ray whips some ass and inspires other stressed out workers to rise up and follow his example.

Synopsis

Here's a brief 50 word description of "Give Me Strength"

Ray decides to whip some ass after getting a call from his stressed out daughter. Other people at their job reach their own breaking point. When his daughter sees Ray coming to help her, she transforms into her own "Ray" and whips her bosses ass by herself. All over, people rise up and defend themselves from the mess in our society.

Treatment

We open on Ray sitting peacefully in his chair. His cell phone rings and it's his daughter. We see her in her office being yelled at by her boss. Ray's smile quickly turns to a frown when he realizes the frustration she is enduring. Ray gets in his car and drives to her office.

Multiple cuts of fabulosos at their jobs.

Ray hurriedly parks his car and runs into his daughter's office. While running we see a montage of many people running.

Multiple cuts of sports racers getting hassled at said jobs

As Ray's daughter raises her teary eyes she sees her father making his way past her boss. She stands up and the letters “SR” (Super Ray|Sports Racer) appear on her chest. Ray steps back as his daughter approaches the boss and begins to bitch him out, poking him in the chest.

Multiple cuts of duckies transforming into their "Ray" like selves, with some reference to "SR" in the shot and whippin' some ass.

Ray reaches into his coat and pulls out a can of Ducki Whip and hands it to his daughter. She takes it. Ray holds her boss and his daughter "Whips" her bosses ass. She grabs her purse and follows her father out of the office.

Multiple cuts of all the little duckies walking out on their jobs. They sing the refrain of the song, “Hum it to yourself...”. Eventually they morph into Ray and his daughter. Both Ray and his daughter get in his car and drive away.

Cast

• Ray
• Daughter (Name?)
• Boss
• Fabulosos throughout the world

Character Study

Here are some basic ideas of what Ray, his daughter and her boss might look like.

• Ray: Older male( late 40's to early 60's) Short hair preferably salt & pepper, strong, energetic, attractive, lean, young heart/wise eyes, left of center.
• Daughter: Short hair, modern, edgy, young, pretty, attitude + competence.
• Boss: Overbearing, insecure, unpolitical, greedy, working on being fat.

-CherishHellfire

Story Boards

Once the above stages are finished, images are used to depict the shot selection, action and camera angles.

Flicker Set

Scene 1

Give Me Strength Scene 01

Ray sitting in his chair		He gets a call		It's his daughter
He's happy to hear from her		"Daddy, I'm really stressed!"		Angry Ray
Ray jumps up		He gets in his car		and speeds off to help his daughter

Scene 2

Multiple cuts of fabulosos at their jobs..

Scene 3

Give Me Strength Scene 3

Ray parks his car outside his daughter's office.		He runs towards the door.		A montage of runners.

Scene 4

Give Me Strength Scene 4

Slow Zoom In on Ray as he sings the refrain: "I'm about to whip somebody's ass"

Animatic

The first 60 seconds of a shortened song has been blocked out. Watch it here.