Creative Feedback for the first Lauren Ashlyn video
Added 2019-03-31 18:54:32 +0000 UTCHi friends,
I have a unique opportunity to potentially make up for a mistake I made during shooting with Lauren Ashlyn, and I was wondering if you all had any ideas! In this current video that I have been posting about with Lauren that is outdoors, we ran out of time while shooting, so it was going to end on a sort of cliffhanger.
The general premise/outline of the video is: A group of space travelers find themselves stuck in an unknown, giant territory. Terrified and trapped, the tiny travelers do their best to get Lauren's attention, but all to no avail. Lauren aimlessly walks inside, stepping on some of the travelers without realizing it, and mistaking the rest of them for bugs. Grossed out by the "bugs," Lauren walks outside to smoke and to cool off a bit. While smoking, Lauren notices the faintest sound in the distance, and decides to follow it. At first, Lauren discovers the tiny ship, but does not think much about it until she notices a small vortex near the water. Upon getting closer, Lauren notices the tiny travelers and reaches out to inspect them. Scared of the giant girl's intentions, the travelers start shooting at Lauren. Initially afraid, Lauren instinctively backs away, until realizing that their guns seem to have no tangible effect on her. Growing annoyed with the tiny travelers and their guns, Lauren smashes the group, and reaches for the vortex...
The original ending (that we did not have time to shoot) was supposed to be: Lauren wakes up in what appears as a desolate area, with no returning vortex in sight. Slightly afraid, Lauren begins walking until she hears a crunch from down below. Stopping in her tracks, Lauren looks down to see what she has stepped on. Underneath her shoe, there lies a tiny demolished car. Looking around, Lauren notices she has been walking on a tiny road this entire time, and sees some tiny cars and people in the distance. The video ends with Lauren walking towards the people on the road.
I am posting this because Lauren reached out to let me know that she is going to be in town next week, and she is curious about shooting again! However, we are not going to be able to use the same location as last time, so I am trying to consider some of the potential directions the ending could take (of course, as always, I will also be asking for her input and she will ultimately have the final say haha):
- If we do it outdoors, it will require finding a somewhat secluded area in one of the parks in NYC, which poses a significant but not impossible challenge, as does the weather forecast if it is going to rain. However, if we can pull it off, a take on the original ending is possible, or even discovering some sort of tiny civilization/town, etc. could be do-able.
- I think that she will have access to a hotel, so there is the potential to make the ending kind of bizarre/old sci-fi/Twilight Zone-ish, which could go in a few different directions (and it gives us an excuse to have elements that don't necessarily make sense, or that seem slightly surreal). We could make it so that she is immediately there, or that she wakes up and doesn't know where she is, or she could even be locked in/trapped. There could be other spaceships there, or there could be no trace of anything. Of course, I would love to find a way to incorporate more tiny people, so that is where I am struggling! I'm open to incorporating multiple size differences, like if there are even tinier people in the hotel, for instance. If it were the Twilight Zone, the obvious twist would be that she is now being subjected to an even bigger giant, but that seems like a whole different level to have to incorporate haha (either shooting with another person, or trying to make some extra footage with Jennifer work).
Anyways, if you have any suggestions I'd love to hear them! Also, I believe that next month we should be hitting the third fundraising goal! This means that it's the first time we have raised enough funds *before* the shoot, so I will be able to enter whatever we do next not having to stress about time and having to shoot a million clips, but instead, can take my time with a more detailed video :)
Comments
For sure! And thank you, that is a great idea/point! Can you expand upon what you mean by a civilization scene from within the hotel room, in terms of what you're imagining/envisioning?
godqueen
2019-04-02 13:24:54 +0000 UTCI love the subjected to another giant idea, although would maybe prefer that to be explored in its own full video rather than placed into this one(not to say I wouldn't be super hyped if I did see it in this one!) If weather is an issue then maybe you could pull off a civilisation scene from within the hotel room? Considering they are advanced people(with a ufo and everything) then maybe you could get by through the fact that their planet is more artificial-based than organic haha, and then you can have Lauren cause mayhem there
Alex W
2019-04-02 05:45:00 +0000 UTCThank you! Yeah my only real reservation is the time it might take to make it happen, in terms of doing another shoot. Mainly because I already feel bad it's taken so long to edit this first clip together! But thank you for the support! I am also going to see if Lauren has any ideas of course
godqueen
2019-04-01 17:41:25 +0000 UTCThe whole “subjected to another giant” idea is actually really cool in my opinion, and would give you the chance to double down on the size aspect of the video. What I mean is, the new giantess would be even bigger to Lauren than Lauren was to the first set of tinies. The new giantess would move even slower, sound effects would be deeper, that sort of thing. But obviously that would be a lot more work and would be hard to sort of throw in at the end. Honestly, at the end of the day anything you put together will be amazing and I’m looking forward to it!
Michael Hanson
2019-04-01 07:11:45 +0000 UTCYes please! Would love to see Lauren wiggle her toes above the camera and taunting us while giggling!
Rinzler46
2019-04-01 03:31:27 +0000 UTCJust more barefoot crush scenes and your golden!
Anon
2019-03-31 19:02:25 +0000 UTC