Keskarel this weekend: Chris's New Scene

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Christopher Robinson wrote:

> Shot list #5—(The Laundry Mat)
>
> Hi Sylvia, I have a great deal of optimism that you will enjoy this
> scene. I am sure that most of this will be improvised by Diana. I have
> nothing, but the up most faith and confidence that Diana will handle
> the acting beautifully. Have a great day, Christopher R.
>
> a.      Exterior Long shot of K as she crosses the street to the laundry
> mat; we fade a medium close up of her upper body as she peers through
> the window.
> b.      Interior wide shot of her walking into the mat. We fade in, (Medium
> close up) of her with a hand held camera as she looks around for a
> place to hide, she staggers around like a drunken buffalo, she walks
> to all corners of the store, looks into dryers, washers, she settles
> on the seat farthest away from the window and takes deep breaths.
> c.      Wide shot of her picking up a magazine then she puts it down.
> d.      Cut into her feet as she taps them on the floor.
> e.      Fade out to a wide shot of her as a customer walks through the
> door, K watches her the whole time, we only hear the door opening and
> footsteps, we keep the camera focused on K, she fidgets with her hands
> as she spies.
> f.      Close up of her as she tries to hide her face in a magazine that
> she picks up from one of the tables.
> g.      Mid body shot of K as she watches the customer again, we fade into
> an extreme close up of her eyes. K waits while the customer looks and
> looks for the right machine. She settles on the washer closet to K. We
> fade out to wide shot of K as she observes the customer put her
> clothes in the dryer. (She taps her feet on the ground again and
> cringes, mumbling something to herself)
> h.      Another customer walks in (Wide shot of K) feet taping, K’s
> breathing gets heavier.
> i.      Mid shot of K as she stands up then we follow her with the hand
> held camera as she paces around the laundry mat.
> j.      Cut in to her chest as it heaves up and down, we cut up to her
> face, another customer walks in and tears began to fall from her face.
> k.      Wide shot of her as she sits back down and crawls into a ball,
> rocking back and forth on the same chair she sat on before.
> l.      She stands back up (Medium shot) then we follow her with the camera
> again (fade into a medium close up.
> m.      Cut into to her feet as she slowly, very slowly shuffles out of the door.
>
> End Beat #5.




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keskarel navapeac
to Christopher

you're right - i love it!
sylvia

A message from sylviatoyindustries

updating the storyboard (http://keskarelamovie.blogspot.com/2011/03/keskarel-act-one-act-two-scenes-1-2.html) in the next few days ...
sylvia

Act One, Scene One

Keskarel: A new scene

This scene will likely be the first scene that happens after the flashback that we'll soon be shooting now that Nima Nejad, aka Keskarel's husband, has joined the cast.

Keskarel: A new scene, a new cast member

waiting for confirmation from our (we hope!) new cast member:

"hey, Nima! Diana said you might be interested in playing her character's husband for our storyboard? the scene we have written so far is an interior scene in the kitchen. the husband complains about the dinner - a roast chicken - and the wife winds hitting the husband with the bird and knocks him down. he's only dazed. but she runs away because she thinks she's killed him. it will probably take about 4-5 hours to shoot, about 6 or 8 setups. can you let me know if you'd like to do this?"

fingers crossed ...
sylvia

A message from AD Chris Arthur-Henly Robinson

from
Christopher Robinson
to
keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com>
date
Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 1:03 AM
subject
Re: please let me know whether you got my voicemail message

Sylvia, sorry I haven't had a chance to write down any of my ideas for our production. I had a very busy day, but I have the whole day off tomorrow from work and school.I'll get something to you. P.S. the semester is almost over I will have more time to dedicate to the movie in a couple of more weeks. Oh and P.P.S. I am thrilled about next Thursday's shoot and I am very happy in general that my disastrous collegiate career will be coming to its climax.

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 6:17 PM, keskarel navapeac <keskarel@gmail.com> wrote:
> great work!
>
> the camera store idea is interesting, but a real videographer would drop her
> baby before she'd drop her camera. let's explore the subtext of that,
> though.
>
> that's number one. number two: we also need the actor/husband to play the
> pickpocket - can you work that into the craigslist ad?

Keskarel, a Quicktime storyboard: First "On Location" Shoot

Keskarel will be shooting a scene at sylvia's favorite neighborhood grocery store next Thursday (April 28, 2011) - Nabila's Natural Inc., 559 Hayes Street, San Francisco, CA 94102-4213 (415) 864-6514. sylvia loves Nabila not just for the good, mostly gourmet, food and wine, but also for the friendly folks of the family that owns Nabila. When you go to Nabila's, look out for Pepper, who, although she never will replace the big cat of the neighborhood, Manx, who ruled the roost and the pigeons for so many umpteen years, Pepper, well, she's quite the lady and she will love it if you stop and say hi, and scratch her forehead.

The scene, which we'll shoot after the store closes at nine, involves a shoplifter and our Videographer, who as usual is self-absorbed and oblivious to her surroundings, as well as the gregarious, extraverted shopkeeper and Keskarel (Diana Slampyak), who is coincidentally shopping to make a stew. 


Also, be on the lookout for new Keskarel writings for Chris, who has a first draft "in the drawer" for aging and fermentation for the last few weeks, and we will soon be posting the finished product.