The document outlines a video project involving a character going on an adventure through various cities at night looking for purpose. It will involve 7 scenes shot with one actor and one crew member. The scenes will show the character skating, driving, walking around monuments and neighborhoods, sitting on a ferris wheel, and staring at the sky. B-roll will be taken while traveling between locations like the National Mall, National Harbor, Alexandria, and a skate park. The video aims to convey feelings of trying to figure life out through modern skate style and dark vibes.

1. Blackout Days
Michea Dawson
Comms 333

2. Song
- Blackout Days (Future Islands Remix)
- Phantogram
- Republic Records
- 4:08

3. Synopsis
Subject receives bad new news and goes on an adventure through the city looking for purpose
and meaning.
The video will be shot at night and will require only one cast member and one crew member. I
will act as the cast member and I will have a friend help with the filming I can’t do myself.

4. Mood Board
Dark Peak Tumblr
Vibes
Modern Skate Style
Trying to Figure out
what to do in life

5. Video References
Perks of Being a Wallflower - “ We are infinite”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMSkavUrzHM
Tiktok Skate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZOiq91wWZ4
Highway ASMR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcg7sLDTICk

6. Location & Scene
Location
- National Mall (Scene 5&2)
- National Harbor (Scene 6 &2)
- Alexandria (Scene 1 & 7)
- Skate Park (Scene 4&2)
- Rockville Neighborhood ( Scene 4&2)
- Interstate (B-Roll & Scene 3)
- Car (B-roll and Scene 3)

7. Scene 1
The opening scene will start with a wide-shot from
behind, slowly closing in. It will then switch to a
profile closeup that will pan out and show the subject
staring at their phone.

8. Scene 2
This scene will serve as a preview of
the video. It will flash through the
different scenes.

9. Scene 3
The third scene will show the subject driving
somewhere. It will start with a shot of the
speedometer and then pan to a shot of the interstate
and go to a wide shot of the driver.

10. Scene 4
Scene 4 is going to start at a skate park and include a
lot of wide shot action shots. It will then transition to
seeing the subject skate around a neighborhood
from many different angles. Including a shot from
behind, a shot from the front, and profile shots.

11. B-Roll
The in between will be filmed
with B-roll that will be taken on
the way to each new location.

12. Scene 5
Scene 5 will be taken at the national
mall. It will show the subject
walking around in front of national
monuments like the Washington
Monument and the Lincoln
Memorial. The subject will be
walking around, sitting and
reflecting.
Then we will see the subject
reading and reflecting on quotes on
the wall of the MLK memorial and
reflecting in front of a portion of
the FDR memorial.

13. B-Roll
This section will feature B roll
driving to the next location.

14. Scene 6
Scene 6 will be filmed at National Harbour.
It will show our subject skating there and
walking around looking at the different
storefronts and eventually getting one the
ferris wheel.

15. Scene 6 (continued)
Next we will see the subject one the ferris
wheel and it will show shots of the view
from the the ferris wheel. We will then see
our subject sitting at a makeshift beach
staring at the sky in a close up profile shot.
The Camera will then pan to a shot of that
same sky.

16. Scene 7
The final scene will take us back to the
first scene, but this time we will see
the texts on the phone that sparked
this whole adventure, and the video
will close out with a wide shot of the
water that the subject is sitting in
front of.

17. Props
Skateboard
Backpack
Phone
Car