Documentary

Back In Time from Tiffany Milnes on Vimeo.

Documentary Location Photos

Phrases (Script-Concierge Service)

Have you ever heard of that Twitter feed "Shit My Dad Says?"  Well I could almost have my own. All of these were taken from watching one hour of TV with my dad.

"Hot chicks love pigs."-while watching a Geico commercial..
"Maybe he should man up and quit being a bitch."-watching a DirectTV commercial
"What if I lose my bowels in the restaurant? What if?"-watching a commercial for Crohn's disease
"Concierge service? What is that, a prostitution ring?"-commercial for some credit card
"They got a serpent in their tub!"-commercial for jacuzzi walk-in tubs

Concierge Service

EXT. FRONT OF A RITSY HOTEL  NIGHT

BO and CLINT exit an old, beat-up pickup truck parked in a parking spot and walk towards the entrance of the hotel.

CLINT

                   (with a Texan accent)

                   We don’t have to stop here.

                   I know it’s late, but if you

                   would just let me drive I

                   could have us back in Crockett

                   while you take your little

                   beauty nap.

BO

                   (also with a Texan accent, and

                   very frustrated)

                   You think I’m gonna let YOU drive?

                   Did you forget the whole reason

                   why we’re even out here is because

                   you got your stupid ass locked up?

                   I still don’t understand why or how

                   you made it all the way out to

                   Dallas, considerin’ you ain’t got

                   no license or people that call

                   you “friend.” You’re lucky to have

                   a brother like me.

CLINT

                   I told ya it’s a long story. Let’s

                   just say, hot chicks love pigs.

BO

                   Well anyway, let’s just stay here

                   ‘till morning. I’ve never actually

                   been to a hotel, so might as well

                   do something exciting while I’m in

                   the big city.

INT. HOTEL  NIGHT

BO and CLINT are greeted by a DOORMAN who begins to grab the few bags that CLINT is carrying.

CLINT

                   Whoah! Hold on there! What are you

                   tryin’ ta do?

DOORMAN

                   I’m just trying to help you with

                   Your bags, sir. It’s part of the

                   concierge service.

BO

                   Concierge service? What is this,

                   a prostitution ring?

DOORMAN

                   No. It’s just what-

Interrupting

CLINT

                   Ohhhh no. This is the last thing

                   I need. I can’t get mixed up with

                   with yall again.

CLINT grips his bags and rushes back out the door. BO follows.

EXT. HOTEL  NIGHT

CLINT and BO walk back to the truck.

BO

                   I’m so sorry, Clint. I spend hours

                   driving out here to get you outta

                   trouble and then I end up leading

                   you into a place like this. I

                   didn’t know. This is why I never

                   go into the city and why I don’t

                   like you goin’ either. Here, take

                   my keys. We’re not stopping ‘till

                   we get home to Crockett.

BO tosses keys to CLINT and both get in truck. Long, aerial shot of them driving away.

         

Documentary Subjects

Lauren Jankowski

Lauren is one of my best friends. We have known each other since high school. She would make an interesting doc subject because she has a pretty interesting job. She works at the South Bend Chocolate Factory. 

Ron Glon

Ron is my great-uncle. He is a South Bend police officer and was actually named "cop of the year" a few years back. He's also a pretty funny guy.

Jennifer Lewandowskit

Jen is a distant relative. She is my dad's cousin's wife. Anyway, she is a dental hygienist at Afdent. I figured following a dentist could be interesting.  

SJRMC Shoot Photo

I chose to share this photo because the experience I had while filming this scene with my group was educational. Katie (the director) and Maggie (camera) spent a lot of time trying to get the shot that was planned to work, but the light from the window cast a lot of troublesome shadows that we did not prepare for. Eventually a simple solution was found and we moved everyone and the camera to the top half of the stairwell were the shadow was solid. It was just a lesson in making adjustments and finding solutions.

Homework 9-24 (White Balance/Exposure/Tripod)

For this exercise I just used what I had, and that's my Sony Handycam HDR-CX220

Here I used the "Indoor" white balance setting on an outside scene.

On this one, I used the custom white balance setting. I took a still of the white patio table in order to set it.

It came out more saturated looking than in normal/auto setting.

All I did here was lessen the exposure and it made it darker than it was in auto.

This was an increased exposure in an indoor setting. It is much brighter.

Tripod Pan from Tiffany Milnes on Vimeo.

Tripod Tilt from Tiffany Milnes on Vimeo.

Handheld Clip from Tiffany Milnes on Vimeo.

Emotional Photos: Rage

I had such difficulty coming up with an emotion to depict in my photos without making it too easy and generic, like "happy" or "sad." While Skyping with my best friend, she told me, "You have to do rage!" I thought it would be interesting, so I went along with it. It turned out to be a lot more difficult than I thought. I got my close friends and parents to help me out,however, they are not necessarily people who are filled with rage. It was hard to capture them without a smile. Even in the best ones you can kind of detect a hint of a grin. But having such a challenge is what made this assignment more entertaining to do.

Brainstorm 6

This is my favorite/best idea I think. The inspiration started, yet again, with a dream I had a while ago...

A man in his late 20's lives alone and starts to develop terrible nightmares. Each nightmare is different, but he always ends up killing someone for one reason or another. He wakes up terrified each morning only to find that he actually has not escaped them. These are not nightmares he is having, but sleepwalking episodes. He has been murdering people in his sleep. The nightmares do not correlate exactly with the murders. In other words, what happens in his nightmares is not what is playing out in real life, but he is sleepwalking and encountering real, unfortunate people that he ultimately kills.

His fear of being locked up either in prison or a mental institution prevent him from confessing to anyone. Instead he creates an unmarked graveyard in the backyard. He seeks professional help and looks up tips on how to stop sleepwalking and prevent nightmares. Nothing works. Locking himself up at night doesn't work and he has nobody to lock him up.

As a last resort, he tries to prevent himself from sleeping at all. The effects of the lack of sleep eventually get so bad that he has horrible hallucinations. These hallucinations eventually lead to his last murder, which happens to be a lot less discrete than his others and he gets caught. He then becomes what he tried so hard to avoid--a mental patient.

Brainstorm 5

Imagine being stopped and waiting for a funeral procession to pass by when all of the sudden you realize that it is your body in the hearse. My dad and I actually brainstormed the idea together while stuck waiting for one to pass. We actually thought it sounded like an episode of The Twilight Zone, but I would settle for just making it into a short, fiction film. Maybe if I can think of more similar short stories, they can be made into a short web series or something. 

Brainstorm 4

There are plenty of ghost hunting shows on TV, but don't these souls deserve more than to just be investigated? Enough time has been spent trying to prove their existence, so now they need our help.

My idea would be my own paranormal investigation show. At first it doesn't sound all that original, but I've seen enough to come up with a new objective for one. Most of these type of shows just want to "catch" a ghost, but I want to help them. And of course it would be about getting rid of demons as well since many times people realize the activity isn't just paranormal, it's evil. I would do a typical investigation, but it doesn't matter how much activity I caught, I would still help the souls cross-over. I would have people of the church come in for most shows, especially when dealing with demons. Now whether you believe in ghosts, spirits, demons, or angels or not, it would still be a reality/nonfiction show. 

Brainstorm 3

I don't read a lot of books, but when I saw Bill Wiese's book 23 Minutes In Hell on the shelf of Walmart of all places, I just had to pick it up. 

It's so fascinating, that I think it should be made into a feature length film. It would blur the lines between fiction and nonfiction. It would be based on Wiese's real-life story, but from an objective standpoint, nobody can scientifically prove that Hell is a real place or that Wiese did not make the whole thing up. Everything would be recreated. There is no real footage. It would still be a narrative and follow the same story line as the book.