We decided on three scenarios to shoot based on last weeks ideas. They are listed below with locations and activities or action.
| Dirt | Lies | Protest |
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| Scenario Ideas | Scenario Ideas | Scenario Ideas |
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battle against dirt dust to dust neurotic cleaning short film about housework domestic - social - personal - environmental |
people
hiding real self labelling people group therapy session label on shirt reveal truth overcompensating by lying |
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protest demo over the demo same words used repeatedly inaudible words from chant sound melodic, rhythmic grunts |
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| Location | Location | Location |
| domestic
private spaces close-up shots of activities |
library
seminar room therapy room domestic spaces |
open neutral
space - park, school yard, car park |
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| Sound | Sound | Sound |
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the sound of the activity no voiceover |
each
person tells a lie to camera saying the opposite of what they are doing or what a badge say on their shirt |
sound
of the chanting and protest possible narrators: striker talking en route voiceover reporter on scene individual interviews |
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| Activities | Activities | Activities |
| wearing a smog mask on a bike | perfectionist but is really messy and disorganised | leafleting |
| spraying front door mat with perfume | alcoholic claims to be a teetotaler | bathroom fight |
| cleaning cooked food on plate | bitch says she likes people | walking with placards |
| trimming foot corns, cleaning belly button | dealer is a concerned parent against drugs | chanting |
| repeatedly polishing a floor | bimbo having a blonde moment | group huddle |
| washing football boots with toothpick | mean but claims to be generous | food/flasks |
| whitening a pair of shoes | unfaithful but claims fidelity | warming by a fire |
| washing dishes that then go into a dishwasher | thief but never steals | blankets/deck chairs |
| scrubbing pebbles in a driveway individually | smoker but moans about second hand smoke | dispute over tactics |
| cleaning wall dashing with toothbrush | vain but claims she is a mess | laughing and enjoying |
| dusting | racist but loves foreigners | joker |
| wiping words in the dust | illiterate but carries a magazine | passers-by |
| cleaning a toilet | ||
| knocking over a cremation urn | ||
| foot prints in the dust |
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