Narrative

Narrative Poster

Phrases and Script

1) "God damn it Barb!!!" - Burnie Burns. It was in a Roosterteeth podcast when Barbara Dunkelman made a bad pun and her boss got annoyed about how dumb the pun was.

2) "We want a vote that counts!!" - Anonymous member. This person was chanting this at this years Million Mask March. He was chanting this to random people on the streets of Chicago.

3) "Remember kids, the only difference between Science and screwing around is writing it down." - Adam Savage. It was from the Tree Canon episode from Mythbusters and Adam was breaking the 4th wall and telling the audience the importance of writing things down.

4) "I reject your reality and substitute my own." - Adam Savage. It was from a early episode from Mythbusters and Adam was surprised about the result of a experiment.

5) "Today I want to vote." - student to teacher. A student was explaining to her teacher why she would be late to a teacher's class.

The Experiment

by

Michael Goss

EXT. AN ABANDONED MILITARY COMPLEX - Day

SAM stands behind a plexiglass wall, adjusting his safety gear, eyes fixed on 55-gallon metal drum being heated up in the distance. He was creating a science experiment video for YouTube.

SAM

Well it is only a matter of time

before I spray the drum with water.

He waits a few more minutes with his gaze flicking between the 55-gallon metal drum and a temperature gauge attached to the plexiglass wall in front of him.

SAM (CONT’D)

Ok I am stopping the heating on the drum.

SAM flips a switch labeled “heating element” then grabs a rope that is attached to a bucket, full of cool water, over the metal drum.

SAM (CONT’D)

In three, two, one.

He then yanks on the rope causing the bucket to tilt over and bump the water onto the metal drum. The cool water causes the heated up 55-gallon metal drum to crush itself as the metal contracts.

SAM (CONT’D)

HOLY CRAP.

(He jumps back a little before writing something down)

Well just remember kids, the only difference between Science and screwing around is writing it down.

SAM then turns to the camera and gives a thumbs up.

Documentary Treatment

Treatment - Documentary
The documentary will start with Pat McCauslin, Superintendent of Landscape Services. He will introduce himself and describe what Landscape Services (LS) and Landscape Services Athletic Grounds (LSAG) does. As he is describing both crews the camera will change to the breakrooms of of both LS and LSAG.

Then he will start talking about what specifically what happens between each group. The camera will change between Pat McCauslin, LS and LSAG. The camera will also change to the specific job as Pat mentions it. It will show people weed eating, mowing, cleaning up leaves, spreading fertilizer, and other things.

At the end of the documentary Pat will wrap up what LS and LSAG does. He will also give any final statements about campus and/or landscaping.

The following is some of the questions that will be asked:

·      What is the most important part of Landscape Services?

·      What type of equipment does Landscape Services use?

·      How is Landscape Services different from Landscape Services Athletic Grounds?

·      How does the employees’ take care of the grounds besides mowing and weed whacking?

·      Are there specific people who have specific jobs, i.e. mowers, weed whackers, sprinkler systems?

·      How do you manage two different groups of groundskeepers?

·      Do you do all your own repairs on the machines used by the employees’?

·      How do you manage all the repairs/maintance on the machines?

·      Does Landscape Services help with the Notre Dame home games?

The person that will be interviewed:

 

Documentary Subject

     The person I am interesting in interviewing is my boss Pat McCauslin, Superintendent of Landscape Services. The interview could fit in a documentary as a voice of the video. The interview would initially take place in Pat’s office and it would switch between showing the employees working and him as he talked.
     Pat McCauslin, Superintendent of Landscape Services, is in charge of the group that takes care of all the public spaces on campus and the athletic group who take care of the athletic fields.
•    What is the most important part of Landscape Services?
•    What type of equipment does Landscape Services use?
•    How is Landscape Services different from Landscape Services Athletic Grounds?
•    How does the employees’ take care of the grounds besides mowing and weed whacking?
•    Are there specific people who have specific jobs, i.e. mowers, weed whackers, sprinkler systems?
•    How do you manage two different groups of groundskeepers?
•    Do you do all your own repairs on the machines used by the employees’?
•    How do you manage all the repairs/maintance on the machines?
•    Does Landscape Services help with the Notre Dame home games?

Music Video Picture

https://www.joshwoodward.com/song/CrazyGlue Style Images Location Shots

Project 1 - Emotion (Frustration)

Frustration - Emotion Video

Music Video Analysis

The music video created for “My Life Be Like (Ohh Ahh)” by Grits (Remix ft. 2Pac & Xzibit - Tokyo Drift video version) is a mix of narrative and performative. The line and light changes between two different things. The line changes between curved and linear. The lighting changes between artificial and daylight. It is artificial when the American is racing in the parking garage and on the streets of Tokyo and it changes to daylight when he is practicing on the pier and on the mountain road. The key moments are when they show the American most of the shots are mid shots. That is when he is shown inside of a car drifting. It is also shot with wide shots showing the outside of the cars. The entire time the camera is moving to follow the cars as they drive and give them a more dramatic look. The video kinda does follow the song. It does because all the scenes are from the movie The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift. In the movie the American, Shaun, starts out not really caring but in the end finds something to care about when he friend/mentor Han is killed and Shaun has to fix his mistake and the trouble he caused.

Intro

My name is Michael Goss. I am easy going guy. I am laid back, creative, introverted, but active. I was born in Winston Salem, NC and moved to South Bend when I was 11. My relationship to media is my use of it. I use some sort of media several times a day. I like to write and I like to play magic the gathering. My favorite movies are the Back to the Future trilogy or Oh Brother Where Art Thou. My favorite TV show is the Mythbusters. After college I want to work somewhere in the automotive field.