Documentary Subject: Andrew “RuffCutt” Villalobos

Realist or Formalist type:  
Shots balanced with imagery and verbal content realized through direct questioning from Andrew (Realist). 

A beautiful way his story can be shown, is by showing him at work through a kind of "film poetry". Formalist style allows us to fill in the ambiguity of what our perceptions are, through movement, music, and intent.  

Both formats can  following his everyday actions, and balance an excellent story line of what one sees and the chase of how to get there.

Subject: Andrew “RuffCutt” Villalobos

Short Profile:

A California import, Andrew is a single dad who gained custody of his (3) children. He has a way with people that naturally get them in his corner. They want to see him succeed, because of his will to succeed.

He is a local DJ, who operates under “South Bend Premier Wedding and Event DJ”. He learned his trade through tireless hours of trial and error, advice from friends, digging deep into the process of mixing and beat matching, etc.

His self-promotion skills remain a humble piece of him.  He has gained clients from local night clubs, to regularly hosting university major events, and more.

When moments in his personal life closed in, he revved the ignition. Turning up his passions for his family, and ambition. 

His most recent endeavor involves, returning to school to deepen his understanding on business development. Ever evolving, and never quitting, the man is tenacious.

10 questions you would ask them:

1) How did your love for music start? Where did it come from?

2)  Tell me about your Previous Experience [mixing].

3) What is a vivid memory of when music effected your life? 

4) Whose style influenced you?

5)  DJ’ing takes a lot of confidence. What made you become confident enough to grow into this role?

6)  Is there any of (#4 influencer) influence in your style today? (Or have you branched out and developed your own/ a fusion maybe??)

7) Tell me about your family. What do your kids think about what you do?

8) What are the downsides to what you do? (Other jobs, tired, long hours)

9) What are the up sides? (Building a brand, anonymity, extra funds, meeting new people/making connections)

10) Who have been influencers in your success (reason to keep going, who has helped you along the way)?

Music Video Assignment // Preproduction Portfolio

Music Video Assignment // Preproduction Portfolio

Director: Chrissy Muñoz

Camera/Producer: Eric Goodzey 

Editor: Jonah Jaworski

 

Track: Sunwill_Burn Your Love // (3:05)

Released on the EP: Burn Your Love, 2012

Director's Cut: 

                               Click Here

 

Breakdown:

  A break up story. We focus on the guy's (main character's) side of things. Throughout the video we see him doing things to occupy his time to get himself over a tough breakup. Seeing his "ex" with someone new, doesn't help him in forgetting her. This prompts him, though to start dating again. When he finally does begin to move forward, and she sees him, will he answer her call?

 

 

Genre:  dance // electronic // pop // rock // drum

Band Intro :  Russian band, formed officially in 2012.

Band members

• Sergey Shimko — vocals

• Sergey Ozhigov — bass

• Alexey Gladkov — drums

• Marat Nugaev — guitars, keyboard 

• Bogdan Yuriev — guitars

Creative Concept 

Style: Narrative (suggested by actions)/ Conceptual(moments and shots)

Camera: Handheld camera work w/ tripod use as well

Talent: We will make use of our team as talents as needed / acquire main characters, and make use of surrounding people as "extras" in common spaces on campus. 

Locations: Multiple// Indoors & Outdoors

Lighting: Night scenes / many will have a shadow overcast from bright "burn" type light effect. Day scenes bright, making use of natural lighting. Memory/flashback scenes, having soft edges from editing that we've come to grow used to w a transparent color-cast. (trying magenta) 

Script / music video story relation: 

2 concurrent story lines: 

- showing bits of the relationship where the couple was happy.

- the other, following central male missing & "getting over" ex / central female character. 

   > Stories intertwine and mirror lyrics:

[Intro]  It’s like that all I’ve got - insane  So show me how’d you do  It’d better you will go away   

• Location : IUSB / or alternate location (weather)
• Script / Scene: Him happy, talking with a small group of friends (2-3). He (only) sees her in the background with someone "new". His attitude changes. 
• Friends leave, he's left standing there / people passing him quickly / film sped up 

[Chorus]  It’s like that all I’ve got - insane  So show me how’d you do  It’d better you will go away  It's all of you, fool    [Verse 1]  Huuuh, rhythm of the night’ve gone  The city’s a lot like you  You see I gotta one like she  I said I got a won like  It’ll take that pretty, that pretty  Like you  Ah, nobody’s home that come, that bored towards keep that nifty  Saying that sh* I feel like you 

• Location : DTSB at night/ or alternate location (weather)
• Script / Scene: Him having fun with friends / mixed shots looking up/ film speeds up > transition to bedroom scene 

 [Chorus]  It’s like that all I’ve got - insane  So show me how’d you do  It’d better you will go away  It's all of you, fool   

• Location : Bedroom at night 
• Script / Scene: Him, candle lit behind pic of her, lays it on its face/ renames her # to "EX" (flash of "old times" together laughing)

[Verse 2]  Huuuh, rhythm of the night’ve gone  The city’s a lot like you  I get it when it sounds in this tidy 

Nobody’s wrong in this tidy  Broken hopes we needed in loud words like you     

• Location : Bedroom at night 
• Script / Scene: Him, swipes on tinder, several girls give same mssg > trikes up convo w/ one sets date 

 [Bridge]  It’s like that all I’ve got - insane  So show me how’d you do  It’d better you will go away  It's all of you, fool    It’s like that all I’ve got - you said  So show me how’d you do  It’d better you will go away  It's all of you, fool   

• Location : DTSB at night / or alternate location (weather)
• Script / Scene: Him on date w girl from Tinder,  
• She Sees him happy/ he doesn't see her   

[Chorus]  All i've got - insane  You will go away    

 [Chorus]  It’s like that all I’ve got - you said  So show me how’d you do  It’d better you will go away  It's all of you, fool  

• Location : Bedroom at night 
• Script / Scene: He's on phone w new girl, "EX" pops up on phone > (Show phone) > go black....*

 

Acceptance

  Emotion : Acceptance // journey to accept a difficult situation

Storyboard 

Click on first image to see completed film (Vimeo): 

Video Shot for: SP16-SB-TEL-T273-17498_Emotion Video

This video was challenging in I am not an especially emotional person. Identifying a feeling (thirst, tiredness, etc.) is one thing, depicting an emotion takes more thought. I feel it needs to be authentic. This is my first time editing film and first time using a DSLR. The project entailed depicting an emotion in different ways without dialogue. To do this, the context was played over the course of a day in the life, as a story of someone trying to live with loss.
I transitioned within different points of view / camera perspective.
The story followed the eye of the central character, outside vantage, and also depicted the feelings within at times. The tone stayed relatively consistent. Mood, blues and greys (cool), and much was silhouette.
The theme of acceptance, in this case was something difficult not being able to be changed, but lived with. Music guided transitions (water, driving, statue, seeing the cross). Solitude being an transition as well as part of acceptance.

 - Chrissy Munoz