Day 1: sad boy
Time Frame
Sunday, Sep. 20th: 10:30 a.m. - 7 p.m. (latest)
Concept
Camera follows Connor for a day as he rolls around Boston in a Lexus, visiting and performing at iconic spots around the Boston ecosystem, intertwined with performances at sports locations - basketball courts, football stadiums, etc.
Mission
Get a ton of high quality, cinematic, high energy performance footage with gimbal, hand-held and drone (where legal) as well as slow motion, scenic, lifestyle moments of Connor getting coffee/food, interacting with the world, taking in views, driving, hopping out of the car, taking calls, etc. Basically tracking a day in the life of a real estate agent intertwined with high energy performances while capturing the beauty of the city. Connor will change clothes for each location to make it look like the shoot spans several days.
Shooting Principles + Game Plan
3 full performances of raw energy at every location below + drone shots where indicated
All shot in 4K
1 slow-motion B-roll capture at each location of Connor + the surrounding area
Improvise shooting styles as we go
Masks on at all times & 6 feet apart
James will ride in the backseat of the Lexus furthest from the driver side, facing out the window
I’m paying for food
I’ll pick you up at 10:30 a.m. to start the shoot & we’ll rap no later than 7 p.m.
Locations
House of Blues
Connor pulls up in Lexus as camera’s on sidewalk, hops out the car, and starts performance down the street
Performances around the Fenway Park surrounding area
Performances out the window of the car & on the back of it
Slow-motion B-Roll Shots of Connor & the area
Clemente Field
Drone & hand-held footage of Connor shooting hoops & performances
Beacon Hill (Acorn Street)
Performances in the tight-backstreets
Christian Science Plaza
Performances in front of the large body of water
Fort Point Channel + Summer Street
Performances in the underground Fort Point Channel & Along Summer Street
Barking Crab (Seaport)
Performances against water/city views in the back of the Barking Crab
Bunker Hill Monument (Charleston)
Performances below the monument
East Boston Bridge - Cigna Recommendation - 479 Meridian Street, Boston
Performances walking along bridge
Harvard Stadium - Possibly will be denied access
Hand-held & drone footage on the field, in which case we’ll use the baseball fields across the street
Paramount Theatre + getting coffee at George Howell
By now, the lights at Paramount should be on
Performances under the lights and walking around that area
Any other dope ideas we have in the moment if there’s any time left over (unlikely)
Day 2: The Marathon
Time Frame
Monday, Sep. 21: Noon - 7 p.m.
Concept
I go for an intense HIIT workout in the empty parking lot/train station of my neighborhood, then go for a run, then return home to shower, read, meditate, and register to vote, then go back uptown to grab a coffee, return a book at the library, cast my voting ballot
All intertwined with a verse on the top of my house with blue & red smoke bombs
Locations/Sequence
Intense Parking Lot HIIT Workout
Drone + Hand-held footage from different angles of me performing many different movements: sprints, dumb-bell curls, pushups, stretching, shadowboxing, jump roping, etc.
Intertwined with performances while I’m resting from circuits
Run
Drone & handheld shots of me running through Norfolk (2 mile span)
Slow-motion + B-Roll of the downtown area + specific intersections
Hop in car at end of run & drive home - drone shots tracking the car on the backroads
Home
Pull into the house
Enter my room - B-roll of the room elements
Shower - shots of just my upper body
Read & meditate in the front yard + fill out voter information
Rooftop performance with smoke bombs
Green Screen Performances (Of all three songs)
Kyle performance via Zoom
2nd Workout of me doing laps in the pool outside
Vote
Head back uptown to return library book, submit ballot, and get coffee
Camera follows me on each sequence - we’ll decide the right angles while doing it
For the coffee shop, we’ll capture the atmosphere of ordering with masks on & B-roll of the menu
Day 3: Connection
Time Frame
Tuesday, Sep. 22: 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Concept
A mic-stand performance deep in the woods, as I roam nature & disconnect from the city, internet, etc.
This will be animated with trippy + technological elements to compliment the performances
Locations/Sequence
Stony Brooke Nature Preserve - 108 North St, Norfolk, MA 02056
I pull up, get out of the car, throw my cellphone in the car, and go off on a nature walk, in a frustrated mood as I’ve been burnt out from city life
Performance from drone & multiple angles of me with a mic-stand in the middle of the woods
Drone fly-out of me looking over the edge of the Stony Brooke Pond + slow motion close up b-roll
Verses along wooded paths of the preserve + creative camera angles & concepts
We’ll speed up the song two-fold to produce the slow motion performance effect
Any other creative ideas we can come up with for verses in & around this area
Power Lines - 99 Seekonk Street, Norfolk, MA
Performance below the powerlines
Drone shot going up and way above the power-lines