it’s 3am i must be emo

I can not stop listening to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s first album. Its just such a wonderfully odd sound.

I have a better idea of what i want to do for the modest mouse contest. I thank everyone for their input, it really did help me to form a concept. Basically the band will be in a white studio with cameras all around. Behind them is a large screen on which a grainy film plays. The shots of the band are either straight on with the screen behind them or a profile with the studio camera moving around them. The video on the screen is a first person view of a guy who walks into a party. He grabs a beer and talks to a few people before noticing a girl across the room. She heads out of the main room and out through a hall. He follows but when he gets to where she should be, she is no where to be found. He spins around and there she is walking by another group of people. He follows but is stopped by some friends who want to talk to him. He talks for a second but pulls him self away after a minute or so. He once again sees the girl and gives chase, this goes on for a while, the girl always walking at a slow pace and always eluding the guy. At the end he will probably catch up with her or something cliche like that.
Its a framework but i think it’l develop well. The big problem is the whole party thing, i could get extras pretty easily. but i do not want to deal with the logistics of that. I could do it with 10 people pretty easily, but 20 would look better. I also need a location, my apartment just isn’t big enough.
my sources for inspiration for the chase thing are an Elton John video and a prodigy’s smack my bitch up, which i wont link because its no where close to work safe.

i have been very unmotivated lately, i’ve been a big piece of crap for the last month to put it bluntly. my class schedule was mixed up a bit so that i have very long days on mondays and tuesday, about 15 hours of work/school. i just feel like i need a vacation, i mean i was doing so well there for a while. i was anxious to work on projects, my assignments were getting done and i was proud of them. but lately i cant even muster the motivation to edit a commercial i shot last week.

i did however have some fun playing around in ae today. i got this awesome idea for a little animation, im not real sure what im going to use it for but its turning out well. that i should be able to post this weekend. the aforementioned commercial hopefully in a few days, i’ll get the editing done tomorrow but it’l need music.

the modest mouse thing is a whole different animal though. the deadline is close, may 22. they didn’t leave very long for people to produce a video. i really doubt they will have many entries, not to mention the footage requires some hefty software just to view. i basically have another week to shoot the chase thing and my clean plates for the band.
i really want to do it, i really think my resume needs it but i just don’t think i can make it happen. i need a vacation, i am feeling so ragged and climbing the everest of this project is just too much at the moment.

all in all life is going well though, i am moving out of my apartment next week, the company i rent from is making me move… its a long story but they are breaking up the family and making me and my roommates move in with other people.
so i’ll be going to another unit in my complex. an easy move but i am not renewing my lease and will only be in the new unit a month.

i wrote a little script for my screenwriting class the other day, i like it a lot, here is a pdf. its sketchy, and probably has like 100 grammatical mistakes, it is just a rough draft

peace in the north east
david hildreth

ps my page is now the #1 return when you google my name

4 Responses to 'it’s 3am i must be emo'

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1. You are so talented! I like your video concept. Just wanted to stop by and say how proud I am of you. Remember life goes in seasons. Nothing lasts forever and before you know it, you will feel the return of your energy. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself to be 100% all the time. Relax, enjoy what you do and don’t force it. But know that you have what it takes to make it big and whether or not you make this video…all of your work speaks to your talent and your resume is already impressive. Love you.

   Seester

   11 May 07 at 08:10

    

2. The best thing for me at 3am emo phases is a visit to the ‘IM ME’ thread in GBS. A completely anonymous opinion on things is often refreshing.

   All in all man I’d just say don’t worry too much about your projects… if anything just make a priority list. The Modest Mouse vid would take the greater part of a day to work out, and as you said would need something like 20 people and a solid location. If you were in Boise i know of several clubs that i could get the owners to give us permission (the hookah bar actually is owned by the son of a customer i know really well)… but alas you’re down in the bfe of ameria :P.

   Still… there wil always be other good projects, and if you feel like you wont be able to give it your best effort and be something you’re proud of… don’t worry about it. There will always be other ways to prove yourself… and something you’ll look at in 6 months and sigh isn’t worth the effort to begin with. Don’t feel guilty about it either… sometimes we all need a vacation.

   Bender

   11 May 07 at 09:34

    

3. Dave!!
   Well, technically your vacation home is only about 7 weeks away! Hang in there! School is almost over for awhile!

   Mom and I are prayin’ for ya’. By simply doing your best as you allow God to make up for the rest, you will CONTINUE to do great stuff!

   I’m proud of you!

   Love ya’

   dad

   11 May 07 at 16:45

    

4. For some reason that Clap Your hands Say Yeah album was the only thing I would listed to while I was studying this year. So now whenever I hear it I get random memories of neural development or all of a suddon know how to calculate Fst of a diverging population. Well, that or the Amelie soundtrack. It’s also something that the monkeys will always work to, so I listen to it in here a lot too. Actually I am in the lab RIGHT NOW listening to Clap Your Hands and training a monkey (her name is Betty) and I’m bored, so you get pointless comments. :)

   Jeannie

   14 May 07 at 13:25

    

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