Video for Ray
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09-22-06 - Fabulosos, it's time to fire up the Wiki again and help make the music video for Goose's extended remix (now consumatron's shortened version)!
Awed_Job has stepped up to make sure that this actually gets done by the February 15th deadline.
Submit your videos/photos/animations to the gallery
Goal
Awed Job 00:51, 19 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
- Call the SRDD Hotline 866 I R DRUNK(866-473-7865)
- 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
- 360 image goal
- 1000 x 800 pixels
- (cc) or public domain
- Subject Matter - average Jane and Joe being kept down by the man.
- Add to the Video for Ray Flickr Pool
- 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
Sign the Pledge
Sign your name below along with what tasks you will be completing. We're gonna hold you to it. Not all are ready to commit even to flirting. That's cool. Thanks for stopping by.
- Awed Job - Produce & Direct Video for Ray
- consumatron - create 3 minute video mix of Goose's remix of Ray's song
- blankedyblank - recording a boatload of clips
- ADD YOUR NAME HERE
Post Your Clip
Details
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
- Head shot of your singing along with Ray to this song.
- Medium shots of you working. (waist to head fill the screen)
- Close up - hands typing, papers stacking, hand reaching for coffee, whipped cream
- Reaction shots - your boss is yelling at you, you realize how you will get back at your boss
- Action shots - running towards the camera, away from the camera, running past camera from left to right.
- 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!
- Hasslin' Footage - Same workers but getting hassled by "the Man"
- Ass Whippin' Footage
- Buy 12 oz. can of Redi Whip
- Print out lukkucairi's label
- Record Footage of you Whippin' some ass! Example
- Full Frame Running - Part of the montage where we see Ray "transform" into the everyman. Example.
Ray's Daughter
- In office, at desk.
- walking to desk
- answering phone
- filing papers
- papers dumped on desk by "the boss"
- sad, possibly crying, head in hands
- calling Ray-cherishhellfire
- standing cold still - receives the business from her boss
- eyes transition from panic to determination - here she's humming Ray's song to herself
- 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
- shrugging off boss
- folding her arms/widening her stance
- smiles to her father
- whippin' boss's ass
- walking out of office w/ father
Ray
- sitting in chair at his home
- answering phone
- jumping out of chair, grabbing phone, running out door
- running to car -cherishhellfire
- jumping into driver seat
- driving car from passenger seat
- static shot - Ray car drives by left to right
- tracking shot - Medim shot of Ray driving car, from hood of car, from street
- hopping out of car
- running towards building - full shot, tracking and static
- entering building
- kicking in office door
- entering office
- placing hand on boss's shoulder
- placing hand on daughter's shoulder
- whiping tears from her eyes
- whipping out the Ducki Whip
- holding down boss while daughter "Whips his ass"
- walking back to car with daughter
- Ray singing refrain - "I'm about to whip somebody's ass." Will be interspersed throughout entire video.
Boss
- yelling at Ray's Daughter
- harrassing RD
- peering up from behind desk
- wagging finger at RD
- sleazily/suggestively places hand/hands on RD
- surprised look - when he sees Ray enter
- cowars as Ray approaches
- pees pants when Ray grabs his shoulder
- 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.
- consumatron's way awesome, less than 3 minute remix here
- 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.
Scene 1
Scene 2
Multiple cuts of fabulosos at their jobs..
Scene 3
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| Ray parks his car outside his daughter's office. | He runs towards the door. | A montage of runners. |
Scene 4
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| 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.












