Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Guitar Practice- Lamonica Stackhouse

10 people i would like to interview:
1.Latricia Stackhouse
2.Deranesha Woods
3.Elizabeth Roby
4.Angie Golden
5.Anita Dean
6.Jordan Richardson
7.Janiyla Holloway
8.Abby Roby
9.Chris Brown
10.Lamarous Shrock

10 locations that would be visually interesting:
1.School bus
2.At a beach
3.Ice skating rink
4.Play ground
5.Kitchen
6.White house
7.Museum
8.Class room
9.Dance studio
10.Library

10 things you feel passionate about:
1.Playing guitar
2.Sports
3.Watching TV
4.Jumping rope
5.Boys
6.Family
7.Friends
8.Reading
9.Dancing
10.Drawing

One page script between Elizabeth and Janiyla about playing guitars, at a playground:

Scene starts out by Elizabeth walking up to the park to meet one of her class-mates named Janiyla. The two friends share a guitar lessons class except Elizabeth is a bit more advanced than Janiyla. The two are meeting up to practice. Elizabeth walks up to Janiyla sitting on a bench at the playground.

Elizabeth: Hey Janiyla, whats up?

Janiyla looks up.

Janiyla: Hey! Not much just waiting for you.
Elizabeth: Oh ok well I am here now.
Janiyla: I see. So what took you so long to get here?
Elizabeth: (rolling her eyes) Well...funny story.
Janiyla: And where is your guitar?
Elizabeth: See that has something to do with the funny story. I was paking up my guitar when i accidently snapped the high e-string when putting it in the case.
Janiyla: (with a surprised look) Oh thats not good!
Elizabeth: Yeah...I know. So then i tried to go to guitar center to buy a new string. I got all the way to guitar center, just in time too because they were about to close. I found the high e-string i needed then when i went to pay i realized i forgot my wallet when i rushed out the house.
Janiyla: That really stinks. I'm sorry. Well do you still want to practice? I have my guitar.
Elizabeth: (shrugging her shoulders)Yeah, sure why not...How about this since we only have one guitar and I am a bit more advanced than you are is there something your struggling with that i can help you with?
Janiyla: Actually yes! If you mind, i do not remember the shape for the -chord and my bar-chords sound kind of funny.
Elizabeth: Oh ok. Well when you are playing a g-chord you use your second finger on the low e-chord third fret, first finger on the a-string second fret, and third finger on the high e-string (which i broke) third fret.
Janiyla: Like this?
Elizabeth: Yes, you got it and it sounds good! keep practicing it.
Janiyla: Ok. I think i got it! What about the bar chords?
Elizabeth: well let me hear you play a bar chord.

Janiyla plays it.

Elizabeth: Ahh..I see your problem. You are not making your first finger flat enough so it is making a muted sound and playing the wrong note. Bar chords are pretty hard you just have to keep that finger flat and keep practicing you will get it eventually.
Janiyla: Was it hard for you to play a bar chord?
Elizabeth: Indeed it was, but after ahile i got it and so will you!
Janiyla: Thanks! Well it is getting pretty late so i'm going to head home. Thanks again and sorry aobut that high e-string i hope you get it fixed.
Elizabeth: You are welcome. If you ever need help outside of class Just let me know i'll be happy to help.
Janiyla: Ok i'll keep that in mind. Bye i will see you in class.
Elizabeth: Bye!

They pack up and leave in seperate directions. End scene.

Lamonica Stackhouse

15 comments:

Lynn Langston said...

There is a lot of detail in your dialogue. Always think about your characters not only what they say but how they react to each other. When Elizabeth says I'm more advanced than you, Janiyla would likely take offense. Even if it's true most people don't like to be talked to that way. They scene is tight. You don't really need the greeting and walk away.

ladams20 said...

The pictures flowed well with the script. Their expressions were funny!

Tess Espick said...

There was a lot of good information about guitars in the video.

naytron said...

great images. it gave a very good sense of the setting and what the characters were attempting to do.

Josh Boren said...

Great photos! made the story easy to follow along with.

ryweber said...

very nice storyline. still images went along very well with the audio.

Kyle Heatherly said...

Video: The audio and pictures matched up and I thought that it flowed well. I liked how you did actual pictures instead of pictures online.

Allison Dale said...

Pictures were really nice and went very well with the information in this video. nice job!

Ashley k said...

Good pictures. It flowed really well with the audio.

Adam O. said...

Agreed. The pictures were a perfect fit. The script was also well written. I like it all around.

Austin Mast said...

Poor E-String. One thing I noticed was the time/space in between them playing that one chord.

Frank Young said...

good shots used in your project such as insert shots and over the shoulder shots.

samurai_hoang said...

the shots were good script was okay as well.

TrevorC said...

Good job even with the bad audio. I liked the photos you used.

Jena said...

Great photos! Went perfect with the audio. I'm glad you said before that the girls didn't play an instrument, because when I saw her pretty nails I immediately cringed!! Ouch!