Proposal

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Working Title:.......
Director: Myself
Sound:  Myself?
Others (role):
Format: SD
Camera: Sony PD-150
Editor: Myself
(role):

1.
A-In life I believe that people should find something in their lives that they feel love and feel passionate about.
B-My film will show this action by exploring the mind and lives of street skateboarders in Tokyo, Japan.
C-My film's main conflict is between skateboarders in Tokyo and possible daily conflicts with those that stand in the way of skateboarding.
D-My films POV will be looking into street skateboarders and how they see the world in a different way.
E-I expect my film's structure to be determined by a street skateboarder's life in Tokyo.
F-The subject and POV suggest a style that is ....
G&H-Ultimately, I want the audience to feel informed about street skateboarders in Tokyo and I want them to learn/understand that we aren't what the mainstream media portrays us as.  (for example people that are low life's).

2.
A-Subject of the film-
    People/group-Tokyo street skateboarders
    Environment- Tokyo
B-Expository Information:  Why bother to keep skateboarding outside of skateparks when there is often too many daily hassles (i.e. Security, Police and what we call good samaritan citizens who take the law into their hands).

3. The sequence will show a span of 2-2 and half months of the lives of street skateboarders in Tokyo and why we keep doing it no matter what.  Information about the positive and negative effects of street skateboarding will be contributed as well as why there is a continuous persuasion to explore Tokyo in a different way.  The subjects will explain the persuasion and lifestyle in a different way than how the media might portray it.  I expect there to be conflicts such as police, security and concerned citizens that will force us to move on to a different area.

4.
A.  1) Chris Main-friend for as long as I have been in Japan as well as a friend to the other subjects-he is the kind of person that loves what he does and is able to say what is on his mind-Chris is the main subject because we almost always go street skating together even if only for an hours time.
      2) Kurahashi "Bainin" Ryuta-friend-One of the first street skateboarders in Japan-Bainin contributes the history of street skateboarding in Tokyo as well as stories of being a tour guide when visiting professionals come from the U.S.
      3).

5.
A. The conflict that the characters are know they are playing out is basically anything that can prevent skateboarding at a spot in Tokyo, for example (like previously mentioned) security and police.
B. Everything is basically straightforward, nothing to be unaware of.
C. anything that is mentioned above are really the only issues.
D.
E.

6.
This film will show that the subjects are very passionate about street skateboarding and see it as a lifestyle other than a hobby, which is what most people think about skateboarding.  People should care because it will provide background and insight that skateboarders are not just destructive kids or drug addicts.

7.
Since I also skateboard and prefer skateboarding in the city rather than provided parks, I know a lot about the struggles and difficulties of the lifestyle.  When I was offered the chance to come to Tokyo, I decided to come mainly because of skateboarding.  I have learned that it is difficult, yet fun and very different from the states-in that some (definantly not all) people in Tokyo seem to have irrational views on what we do.  I say that because, for example, a friend and I were skateboarding from a skate park to the parking lot where our car was and half way there, 3 people screamed at us to stop...and at the same time there was a car on the sidewalk and bikes flying past us.  The people said we were being dangerous but the car was safe basically.  I know it is not anywhere near like this everywhere in Tokyo, but these small situations happen somewhat often, which is on of the main reasons I am passionate about making this film.  *(I do not want to make the film to plea with Tokyoites (or anyone for that matter) to let us skate anywhere, just inform about who we are).

8.
A. My intended audience is skateboarders as well as anyone who might feel negatively about us.
B. I can expect my audience to know that skateboarders exist and skate the city but not to know why we do it.
C. I assume positive audience prejudices are that we _______________ and negative audience prejudices are that we ONLY deface property, do drugs, are dirty, dangerous and do not care about others.
D. Countervailing facts, ideas, and feelings that my audience needs to experience are______.

9.
Chris Main-25-male-english teacher/student-main subject-
Bainin-34-male-waiter/Nippon car rental employee-subject providing history of street skateboarding in Japan.

10.
A. genre-Informative (?)
B. POV-subjects talking to camera-3rd person (?)
C. No narration..
D. Natural lighting?
E.
F.
G.

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12.
A.
B. The story will be told through subjects leading from one point to the next.
C.
D. Important information will emerge through the story telling from the subjects combined with visuals.
E. The climatic sequence would be the security and police (etc) asking the skateboarders to leave.  It will be lead up to by telling about the history, and background of street skateboarders in Tokyo. 
F. After the "crisis" will be the last explanation which is the subjects giving a statement why they keep skateboarding even with the hassles.

13.
I imagine the film closing with why the subjects keep street skateboarding in Tokyo.  All of the subjects are quite passionate about street skateboarding and are not going to stop even with injuries, police, security, concerned citizens, etc.