{"id":12182,"date":"2025-11-02T21:40:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T02:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/?p=12182"},"modified":"2025-11-02T21:44:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T02:44:46","slug":"jazzmyne-haines-project-2a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umainenewmedia.net\/nmd343\/jazzmyne-haines-project-2a\/","title":{"rendered":"Jazzmyne Haines – Project 2A"},"content":{"rendered":"

Proposal:<\/p>\n

After watching Nausicaa, I want to try making a post-apocalyptic story with a focus on exploration of unfamiliar environments. The story I have in mind is about an extraterrestrial scholar arriving on Earth to study nature and the recently-abandoned ruins of civilization. I might represent the alien with some kind of posable figurine, or an animated character over the video footage, or I could find an actor and rotoscope them to make them look non-human.<\/p>\n

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5-Point Story Structure Idea<\/p>\n

I’m not sure if this will make it into my video, but it could be useful to work off of.<\/p>\n

1: Situation<\/p>\n

An alien is exploring Earth after the human race has disappeared.<\/p>\n

2: Desire<\/p>\n

The alien wants to find out how humans disappeared.<\/p>\n

3: Conflict<\/p>\n

The alien cannot find anything that could clue them in on what happened to the humans; everything appears untouched, with no signs of a struggle. They’re also starting to get sidetracked looking at different forms of life – trees, flowers and other plants, some of which are wild, while others appear to have been cultivated.<\/p>\n

4: Change<\/p>\n

The alien decides that their search for humans should be put on the backburner, and helping these plants survive and flourish for later studies should be a priority instead.<\/p>\n

5: Result<\/p>\n

The alien sets off to tell their kindred about their discoveries, and gather a committee to help preserve the surviving life on planet Earth.<\/p>\n

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Inspiration Models<\/p>\n

I want to try getting some good close-up scenes of nature using a macro lens (or digital settings that are similar). There’s a lot that goes on in just one patch of grass or flower cluster that’s tough to catch from a distance.<\/p>\n

I also want to make sure all of my shots are free from human activity, since the fictional setting I have in mind is one in which humans are recently extinct. This will require careful planning, especially if I film scenes in the middle of the day.<\/p>\n

Besides these things, I want to keep filming techniques fairly simple. I’ll have a lot of still shots to give a sense of quiet curiosity, not a whole lot of moving.<\/p>\n

Princess Mononoke<\/p>\n

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Nausicaa<\/p>\n

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Macrophotography<\/p>\n

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Liminal\/Unpopulated Spaces<\/p>\n

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(Note: the macrophotography and liminal spaces photos are all from Pexels)<\/p>\n

Sample Video:<\/p>\n