IDEA

I'm thinking about what I am going to do when I get my camera. I want to make some funny little youtube videos with my friends cause you know... thats just a must.

My idea though, is to make a documentary on putting on a high school production. Its a very interesting process, and I figure its an overall good idea. The cast could have the dvd's to look back on the actual show and fun times we had, and other people can view the dvd and know what actually goes into putting on a musical.

I want to be pretty politically correct in making this, but since theatre is never just gumdrops and butterflies, I want to keep true to what actually happens. What I mean by this is, When some cast members are taking the drama off the stage, I want to capture the emotions of the whole thing, and how it impacts the show without causing major problems, or appearing bias towards one side or the other.

I am thinking of putting a lot of my personal thoughts into the documentary throughout the show, not to Bogart the video, but to give my opinions and hopes and dreams and such in private. I also want other people to give their personal thoughts. This aspect would add a lot of heart to the movie, and show people that the actors and techies are not just robots, they have opinions on what goes on in the show and we aren't always happy about what the director/stage manager tell us to do.

Of course, we do have A LOT of fun backstage despite all of the cattyness and all the tears. I want to put a bunch of clips of us fooling around and make it known that we have a really good time. I will try and make a bloopers section, as well as a Reed section.

A few big things about the movie are getting a decent history of Masque in there that won't bore people. No one ever really takes the time to sit back and think about how much we grow during a show. A cast and crew are so bust getting everything perfect we never think about how bad we used to be at "scene 4" or, "lighting cue 14" and I want my video to really show everyone involved, and not involved, how far we can go in a few short weeks. The last really big thing to show in the movie is how much we love each other, and how much we love theatre. In Guys and Dolls, so many different kinds of people who any science person would say "could never get along" really came together for the show, and ended up loving and appreciating one another. It's an amazing thing to see and catching that on tape (mini dv sorry) would be spectacular.