Project 3: VIDEO+SOUND- “Drag Dealer”

“Drag Dealer” Write Up:

                  Drag Dealer. As a common trait in my films, I leave the ending as open minded as I possibly can and unclear. I try to leave my audience with the question as to what happens next, or a mind blowing effect.
                 Right from the get go when we were given the foley sound assignment I knew I wanted to have my theme involving the use of illegally proscribed drugs and underage drinking. I gave it a drag queen touch, because I thought it was appropriate given that we are now in a time period where everything is in the open and anything can happen. I began the process by recording random sounds that you would most likely hear in a party. Such as a ruffling plastic bags, a broken glass bottle, a glass bottle moving around a counter, music playing, door closing, pills shaking, elevators opening, for the elevator buzz I filmed a tattoo gun, heavy breathing, and foot steps, and whispers. Following that procedure I chose to go a bit against the instructions, and go right into the movie making procedure. My original movie was sadly deleted, and I was forced to remake the film from scratch. I had to use last minutes actors that had no acting experience, and completely direct every expression they had to make by demonstrating it than have them rehearse it than re-demonstrated it than finally film them. The process was a bit tedious but it was a learning experience, which definitely was beneficial in the sense that I was able to connect better with the actors. For my main character, “the innocent boy in need of drugs”, I didn’t tell him his role. I chose to direct every move he made, another downfall was that he didn’t understand english quite well so I had to communicate with him through expression as to what he had to do, which definitely was revealed in the film. I believe the audience was able to feel his sense of nakedness, and overly exposed. The boy was meant to feel out of place, almost as if he is now entering the drug obsessed world where he was able to take a dive into the look of his future. In the following scene after he searches though the cabinets for the drugs, a drag queen, otherwise known as a “drag dealer, basically pulls him out of that shell and teases him with the drugs. After putting the drugs into the boys mouth, she pulls him out of the room, and into another. We don’t know what happens next, whether they continue their trip or decide to act upon their sexual needs. The ending is completely open ended, which I believe to be my little signature in each of my films.

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