I’m dooooonnnnnnnnne! The video is a lot shorter than I had originally intended and I didn’t use much from my old view book materials, but I’m really proud of it because it does exactly what I want it to do. It might actually be better that the video is only a couple minutes long and doesn’t go into much detail, since it the point is to provide a brief introduction that gets people curious about Woolman.
Having the video exclusively from the students’ perspective gives the message authenticity - it’s not admissions officers trying to pitch the school, it’s students telling other prospective students why Woolman means so much to them. When I was a prospective student, what convinced me to attend far more than any other factor was hearing students speak passionately about how much they love the school.
Music: Oaxaca by Unwed Sailor
…. err I still need to ask permission to use that song. Working on it.
Endless gratitude to Vanessa Teran for filming most of the interviews, providing me with Woolman footage, and going way above and beyond to help me have everything I needed to finish the project in time. Many thanks also to Emily Zionts for sending me photos and pointing me towards helpful resources.
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After sifting through a ton of free instrumental music, I think I finally found the song I’ll be using in the video. I’ve also paired down most of the interviews to the essential clips. So… yay!
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Today I interviewed Matt and Marijke, two Woolman alumni, and got several interviews Vanessa did with current Woolman students. I now have the bulk of the footage I’ll be using for the movie. I think the only other component I need is music, and I’ll probably find that on some open access music site.
The interviews will guide the movie. I imagine that about half the visuals will be people speaking, and half will be photos and non-interview footage.
The Plan
I finally have video clips! They aren’t of students talking about Woolman, but they’re ones I can use as background to audio that I record. I plan to also interview my roommate Marijke who also attended Woolman and use pieces of that interview in the movie.
My Nightmares Aren’t Like Other Peoples’ Nightmares
I’m writing this down because it was such a strange dream, and I might be able to use it as inspiration for something.
I dreamed that I was in an elevator at an Iranian nuclear facility with two debater friends. The elevator doors opened to a sterile, mostly white room with doors but no people. From a distance, I could hear the most desperate, horrified shrieking I’d ever heard, like an animal on fire: “Let me out! Oh god someone help, let me out! Oh god oh my god!” I felt sick, and asked my friend, “She’s kidding right? Is this a prank? Please tell me this is a prank.” The elevator doors shut. He didn’t answer at first and couldn’t meet my eyes. He said, “No, that’s not a prank. She’s stuck in the containment vessel.” The elevator doors opened again and I fell down and felt paralyzed, and I said “help me up, oh my god I can’t move.” He helped me stand, and we sprinted.
Another graphic I made for the view book that I might use. Paper collage + Photoshop.
This was going to be the view book cover. Looking at all these photos makes me miss that project. It was my baby. And then I killed it. Killed it dead.
ANYHOW. Could use this for the beginning of the video too.
I took these photos for the view book (in other words, THESE ARE NOT STOCK PHOTOS DO NOT STEAL THEM). I might use them for dividing up sections of the video.
