tycho see vs gmunk

SUBMITTED WITH LOVE FROM GMUNK

TYCHO SEE

TREATMENT v01 - JANUARY 3 2014

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SUMMARY

When we first listened to See, we immediately began thinking about perspective

and what it means to have sight. We wanted to explore the difference between the

perceived and the actual that constantly exist within each of us. We wanted to push

the limits of our vision both naturally and through technological enhancements.

Shown through rich, low-contrast visuals that complement the dreamy and lucid

feel of See, we tell the story of a girl living two parallel existences, harmonizing

with the dreamy, expressive feel of the song.

Our female hero awakes, and we watch as she journeys through a series of

stunning environments. There are moments when we see through her stylized point

of view, and her world is markedly more mystical, filled with shamanic rituals,

hypnotic runes and an elusive, enigmatic stranger she summons from nature itself.

The locations seem simultaneously familiar yet mysterious. Switching between

these two perspectives inspires the audience to question what is real and what is

fantasy, and perhaps even the truth of their own senses.

Our heroines story folds back on itself -- she wakes up three times, each time in

the same physical posture but in a radically different location. As she ventures

forward again, her path changes. She finds herself in new places, discovers that

objects and symbols shes carried on her journey have taken different shapes, and

the cloaked stranger seems to know her differently. By the end, the stranger is no

longer an untouchable figure she is chasing but a spiritual conduit that embraces

her and pulls her back to reality, restoring her vision and beginning her story anew

once more.


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The mystic worldview of spiritual energy we see through our heroines point of view

is a keystone of the video, and we emphasize with intense stylization. Presented

through full-spectrum as well as infrared photography, we give our heroines

experience an unmistakably unique palette. Using filters we can achieve practical,

in-camera effects that drive home her familiar yet otherworldly perception.

In addition to effects and environment, we distinguish our heroines two

perspectives through props. She carries a sack full of trinkets which on the outside

seem mundane, but they erupt with extruding, geometric designs that come alive

once viewed from her point of view. Though her perspective is otherworldly, we

also want it to feel tangible, and theres no substitute for crafting physical objects.

Using Autofuss in-house design and shop capacities we can 3D print the extruding

geometry, laser engrave runic patterns, and install lights inside objects for real,

practical effects that will drive our story forward.

Footage of the band bridges our three acts. Kinect cameras scatter thousands of

dots across the room, including onto the band members. These dots are visible only

through the infrared lens, which we will capture along with some supplemental

graphic projections that bathe the image with fill light and color. This gives us a

visual reprieve from the otherwise intense environmental palettes, and bridges not

only the story but the two execution methods used elsewhere in the film.

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STORY

SUBMITTED WITH LOVE FROM GMUNKTREATMENT v01 - JANUARY 3 2014


0:30a pair of spheresa glossy diamonda pair of flares embedded in custom casings0:35a strange tablet with inscriptions on itshe pauses on the inscriptions on the tablet taking them in as she stares at them0:38she puts the tablet in the bag and slings it around her shoulderfinally she grabs a wooden blockwith a spherical recess cut into itshe stands and holds it outit guides heras she hesitantly walks through the forestthe camera follows her shes marveled by her surroundingsas we see her studying the forest0:44we match cut to her POV and see a unique stylization of her surroundingsher POV takes us into a different realitycut back to the outside, she looks down at the object in her handin her POV the block has an old compass embedded in the spherical recess0:55she raises the compass up in the airand heads into the forestwith more purposeful intentionas shes being guided by this device

0:00Establishing shots of the forest in sync with Claps super wide-angle to startthen cut to textural details of trees / macro leaves / moisture / fogslow movementsEach cut moving closer to a point in the forest0:06we see a grouping of simple geometric objectsthey are spilled contents of a bagwe trace their path they lead us to a girl shes sleeping in a bed of grass and foliagenext to the bagWe survey her hands twitching in a closeupShes dreaming something profoundHer hair is at rest in the grass0:15The girl slowly wakes up in foresther eyes brilliantly coloredabnormally soshe slowly rises upwith an intense stare into her surroundingssomething isnt normal with her perceptionbut we dont know what it isShes in a long dressand has a shiny piece of jewelry around her neckshe reaches down and puts the geometric objects back in the bagone by one

STORY


1:30she snaps out of itand puts the tablet awaywide-angle of her into the forest againholding up the compassthe sun starting to go downthe light is ambershe again surveys the forest, looking for something1:36and finds a giant triangle etched on a tree in her POVa wide-angle shows its not thereshe puts the bag down and takes out the diamondin her POV it glowsshe twists it at the center, it opensits a container for a strange paintshe takes her fingers and covers herself with itmacro shots of beautiful bokeh as shes covered in glittershe takes out a long rod1:47it lights up, a casing for a giant smoke flareshe waves it around in a ceremonial dancein the center of a grouping of treesHigh speed galore1:54She starts to hallucinate againwe follow her dance intently, as she waves the flare aroundcut to her POV

1:01we follow her through the woodscamera hiding behind trees as she emergesher eyes darting around the forest intentlyflash to her POVtextures and colors warp1:09she sees a shape etched in a treein her POVmatching the shape on the cover of the tabletshe approaches the siteand places the tablet below it1:15right on cue the tablet opens upas if its been unlockedand we see from the outside a surface with faint triangular symmetry drawn on it1:19and in her POV the triangular shape is filled outsolid colors and telescopes into 3dand she hallucinates in her POV1:22the Triangle changes into light, into texturecut to a practical shoot of triangular artshe sees flashes of a cloaked manburied within her visionthe shape has power over heran attraction is established

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shes convulsing and falls backwards2:32cut to over the top of her falling backwardsand she falls to the ground in slow-motiona cut introduces Band footagekinect + infrared performancevariety of shots exploring the bandprojection on screen lights upmatching the triangle in the diary2:40get it Tycho!beautiful shots of the band performingthey are bathed in lightslowly falling out of focus2:48The girl suddenly awakens in the morningfilmed in the same shot as we started the video withshes aloneand in a different part of the forestHer eyes a different surrealist styleHer POV vision is more saturated - altered from beforemuch more vivid, clearershe surveys her surroundingsshes somewhere different in the forest2:54

Her bag is goneShe examines her surroundings with agitationand in her POV sees a path of light and footprints

Reality is skewed again and dynamic with her movesOut of focus Bokeh fest2:00she slows her dancing for a second and looks into the distance2:02she sees a cloaked figure emergefar in the distanceHes made of out of focus lightFace backlitMatching glitter styling, catching the light from the light inside the cloak2:10a wide shot shows shes alonecut to the girl, looking out into the distance intently2:18transfixed, she resumes her ceremonymixture of her dancing and her POV with the cloaked man approachingteleporting closer using editsonly in her POV she finds himwe see him getting closer, and has a small satchel wrapped around his cloakthe contents of it are glowinga wide shot shows that its only herthe man comes closer in fleeting moments of POV2:28 the man is right next to hershe cant see his eyeshe reaches out to touch her faceshe closes her eyes slowly in anticipationcut to an exterior shot

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a triangle within a circleshe reads itits a filled-in circle in her POVand the Tycho braille dots3:33she stares into the circlemontage of trippy practical circular shapescloseup of her eyesfalls out of focushigh-speed footage of spinning paintfiberous, organic tissue congealing into one3:40 the shapes pulls focus as we fade back into footage of the girlshes doing another ceremonial dancecatpured at a low-angletime has passed and it is sundownshes spinning and in a trancematching the movement of the spinning paint3:49its a gorgeous, hyper stylized silhouetteshes waving around two glowing spheresin slow-motion creating light along her bodyno cuts to POV, we let her be in her own worldand wonder what she sees3:56transitions to footage of the band playing again guitarist playing the chords as he is basked in infrared kinect dots

She sets out into the woods againlooking for her bagPOV galore saturated infrared shots3:02She finds the mans cloak on a branchbut its not really thereJust in her POVshe picks it upin the corner of her eye she sees the mandarting from one tree to anotherslow shutter strangeness as he moveshe is a light source in the forest3:10she drops the cloak and runs after himthe man disappears and she catches upstylized chase scene as she follows this phantomthey begin to run faster3:18she stumbles on a treeand falls to the ground in slow-motion3:21she finds the bag resting beneath the treethe contents all spilled outshe surveys them in a medium shot3:25in her POV she looks at the tabletit has been altereda wide finds an inscription and wireframe geometric drawings

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4:19runs towards the lightin beautiful slow-motion we followback to her POVthe man is therewithout his cloakin the center of the ringreading the tabletA glitter being glowing in the lighthead down, reading intentlywithin the fluorescent ring in the sand4:27she lights the flare and starts to dance around the manfearlessa last ceremonial charade4:30her pov reveals his faceas he looks upeyes still maskedhis skin a glitter bokehwide shot shows hes not thereneither is the circle4:36the man comes alive dropping the tablet and approaches herhe exits the light ringand embraces her in dance

projection on screen lights up, matching the circle in the diary4:03cut to a closeup of the girl dancingshe opens her eyescut to her POVthe cloaked man again reaching towards herand light blooms the frame4:06we cut back to the girlquickly in the same signature shotsame position on the ground that were familiar withshe opens her eyestheyre a different color4:09and realizes shes on the beachtransported againthe sun is starting to sether POV again a different styleshe stares at the sunPOV bokeh festlooking down the sand glows4:13she sees the bag, again its contents spilled out we follow the contents up the coastlinein the distance she sees a light ring in the sandbut its not really thereonly in her POVshe grabs one of the objects from the bag

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5:06the man releases his handsshe falls backwards from the reactionepic slow-motion of her falling backwardsmatch cut to her falling down in the forestslow motioninto the sandshe lands in the grassshe falls into the same place she started the video from5:10she opens her eyesmatch cut to a POVher vision is restoredthe forest looks familiar as she looks upcut to closeup of her facewe see she has the same blue eyes as the manpiercing blueshe continues to look around with a hint of wondermentand sets off fade to black

fin.

4:40cut to a wide to see them both dancing togetherthe man has breached reality and is in existence with herthe feeling of a crescendo begins4:44back and forth they goexchanging moves, the girl holding the flarehigh-speed beauty of them both4:51flashbacks through the storyher walking through the forest with the compassunlocking the tablet for the first timePOV forestthe flare ceremonythe cloaked personrunning after himthe second circle ring in the tabletthe band playing with the ring in their projection4:58cut back to the two beginning to embraceas she drops the flare5:00he finally touches her faceher body convulsinghigh speedshe looks into his eyesthey are piercing blue in a wicked POVas he comes closer to her face

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LOCATIONS



LOC ATIONS

The story will be told using two primary locations, the beautiful redwood forests of

northern California, and a stunning beach setting south of the Santa Cruz coastline.

The redwood forest is our main location and provides atmospheric lighting,

textures, and an intensely saturated palette. The lush vegetation drives home the

infrared aesthetic, and amplifies the contrast between audience and POV stylings.

The final act takes place at the beachfront where we want to create a magical

spectacle of both characters united in ceremony during sundown. We love the look

of the sun hitting the wet sand, bouncing intense color around to light the frame

in surreal ways. An alternate location for the final act would be hot springs, where

steam plumes lend a much more magical setting.

Its our goal to augment the environment at all times, including use of LED panels

and projectors to illuminate the frame and give a surreal quality to the aesthetic -

we want all the footage to feel surreal and highly stylized. Our characters gesture

using smoke flares and illuminated geometry during their ceremonial dances,

which will be shot at high-speed to intensify the look and feel of the rituals.


FILM TECHNIQUE



FILM TECHNIQUE

We will shoot the audience narrative using a standard RED Epic camera package

and superspeed, ultra-prime lenses. We will focus on capturing majestic wide-

angle shots that magnifies the beauty of our locations, and will compliment those

with an assortment of textural macros and long-lenses to drive home an intimate

experience with our characters.

We will capture the POV narrative through the usage of infrared and full-spectrum

photography, where we will modify a RED One camera to enable this unique

aesthetic. We will also place stylized filters over the lens to give a dreamy, highly-

affected look that will emphasize we are looking through our heroines eyes. Lastly,

in grade we will experiment greatly with channel mixing and advanced processing

to render a variety of remarkable looks.


CASTING



C A STING

Our heroine must carry the story with not only her acting talent, but also her

physical movements in dance and ceremony. We are not seeking a magazine

model-type, but rather a girl with a nature-connected, nymph-like presence.

She should have ample experience with acting and dance, as well as a

spiritually-informed sensibility that she can bring to the shamanic elements

of the film.

For the male figure we want to cast a weathered, slightly haunting character

with an atypical face. He should look like a spirit-being from the woods with

unwashed hair and a long beard.. He will also have to be comfortable with

physical acting and activities like running, as he has a variety of physical

cues.


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