Re: Ideas

     Hello-

     

     1. i don't own a pxl2000(though i am still looking at thrift stores) 

     (harder to find then leicas (i got an m2 and m3 at <$20 each))

     2. i shoot mostly 16mm with floating s-track dumped to mag. 3. i'm out 

     of ideas (sort of a filmmakers block)

     4. looking for great concepts that are minimal (silent <30min) 5. i do 

     'art/crud' film. simple girl/boy/urban legend film.

     6. am interested in any ideas you fellas may have. i  run a lot of 

     optical print stuff which looks surprisingly like pxl, but cleaner. 7. 

     full credits available to anyone with great ideas.

     8. have been making film for almost 15 years, and at 1-3 films a year, 

     this is the first time i've stopped.

     9. help me

     

     What types of films have you shot?  

     

     My big idea . . .fitness culture.  Not sure where you are located, but 

     here in NYC nearly everyone, it seems, is a fitness freak, working out 

     regularly.  Many of these gyms are located on street level, or with 

     great proximity to windows.  

     

     How about cinema verite style, silent films chroniclinf fitness.  i.e. 

     stand outside a fitness center with the camera looking in, start by 

     zooming in on a the rubber of a treadmill, rolling consistenly, pan up 

     towards someone calves flexing as they pound up & down, next shot, 

     torso & chest, heaving from exhaustion, expanding & contacting, zoom 

     in on flared nostrils & mouth inhaling and exhaling furiously, 

     carefully ommitting the eyes from the shot, then pan out to capture 

     the entire person.  Copy for stairmaster, etc.  

     

     Could even do a loop.  Know how on those motivational tapes, you hear 

     the sound of the crashing ocean for 30 minutes.  How about a 30 minute 

     loop of a sea of runners, cut off below the head, shot from behind, 

     bouncing up and down. Imaging the symmetry of 5-10 runners. Or even go 

     to  a high traffic location, example train station during rush hour 

     capture the millions of people exiting the train or train station 

     during rush hour.  A 30 minute segment in silence, with an ambient CD 

     in the background would be hypnotizing.