"THE MAD HATTER".::.WPGU RADIO HOST.::.
.::.PERSONAL INSPIRATION.::.A: Well, i wanted to document something that had a large moving living being object. When i saw the documentary of the piano tuner, i saw more than just the man being interviewed: I saw the piano and what it stood for. i understood why he did what he did and what he affected by doin ghis job.
I wanted to capture this. The radio host idea came from me walking up and down Green Street all the time. I usually look into the WPGU station window and wonder what the heck is going on: are they on air, are they off? How do they do what they do? Do they know how to use every single button on that huge sound board??? This was my large, moving, being object.
.::.WORKING STATEMENT/HYPOTHESIS.::.
What i wish to get across in this video goes along with my motiff video and my manifesto: I want to show what people do everyday, in their own context, in their own life. The best part of every day life is the smallest things can be so interesting. We listen to the radio. But have we given much thought to the person ON the radio? What is that person's every day like?
"A glimpse into the life..." That is probably going to be my main motive. I love that.
.::. RESEARCH.::.
I know that this is a student run organization. That is it.
I dont know who these students are, why they are doing it, how they got the job, their motives, their show schedules and routines....
I have been invited into the station to interview the Mad Hatter, a radio host with a popular time slot and show. The location will be the station, during his time on the air. I will catch him in between calls and speaking. Also, I will stay after to get some less hectice shots. Secondary sources are the other radio hosts and students who listen to the station and show in specific.
.::. ANXIETIES.::.
I am anxious to get my first interview done. I have NO CLUE how to work the cameras, let alone interview people and work a camera at the same time! I am afraid i will waste time getting some things set up, or that the camera will not work. My idea is very realisitc. I have been told about the "Mad Hatter" that he is an outgoing, character, cheesy guy, so I am not too worried about feeling too awkward.
.::.TOPIC.::.
The Mad Hatter is a popular radio host on the local student run radio station. I am sure we have all turned on WPGU at night at some point or another to listen to the music, but haveyou ever wondered about who is behind the music?
.::.STRUCTURE.::.
Culminating moment....hmmm i want to get across that this is just another form of communication, much the same way that we use talking, facebook, twitter, and blogs to communicate. This is just another every day activity, listening to the radio on our side, and getting the songs to you, on the host's side.
.::. STYLE.::.
I want the room to be dark, colors to be bright, personality to be bright, and have some wacky calls. I want to shoot the radio host in action, on the phone, playing music, working on the sound board. I want to observe his activities. Every so once in a while I will interject these clips into his footage of the interview. I would love to get a clip of the itnerview getting interupted by a call or something to do with his job...just to show that communication is happening all the time. I want to get some interesting camera shots. I do not want to many of them to be straight on the radio host, but instead I want some of the equipment to show in the background so that I am not focused on the interviewing but on the message of communication.
.::. RESOLUTION.::.
I would love to end the video with footage of him taking a call or doing his radio host "thing" fading out, as if to say "and it continues on even after this interview is done with."
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