Sneakerhead

Sneakerhead from Chris Dawson on Vimeo.

Poster for Documentary

Sneakerhead by Callen Burke and Chris Dawson

Phrases and Script

5-10 phrases/statements

“Leaf me alone.”

 “He is the crazy tin foil maniac!”

“I dyed my hair red.”

“This could be the first example of cannibalism.”

-   “Can I use your lighter?”

The Crazy Tin Foil Maniac

A man stands on the edge of the street; he reaches into his pocket, grabs a lighter and takes a drag of his cigarette. He stands alone with no one in sight. He is all alone as he finishes his cigarette and he turns around to go inside the unknown building from which he came. This scene repeats numerous times with much monotony. 

The third time, the scene plays it is exactly the same except for when he walks back in… There is something different than the past times. A lone man sits beside the entrance with a tin foil hat. He says nothing. They stare at each other with a questionable look on each of their faces. The man proceeds to enter the building. 

He comes out for another cigarette later in the day and the same man is still sitting there. He lights up his cigarette and walks over to the man. 

Man: “What’re you doing here?” 

Crazy tin foil maniac: “I’m here to protect you!”. 

The man stares at him with a confused facial expression. 

Man: *mumbles* “Crazy tin foil manic…”

He returns indoors.

Later he comes back outside for yet another cigarette. The crazy tin foil manic is standing where the man always smokes his cigarette and he says to the man.

Crazy tin foil maniac: "You need protection!"

Man:  *in a demanding tone* “Protect me from what?!”. 

The tin foil maniac’s eyes grow very large and he stares off in the distance.

Crazy tin foil maniac:“FROM THEM!”

The camera cuts off after the man turns around with a look of fear on his face.

Documentary Subjects

Doc Subject 1: Life After Death (Band)

I would most like to do a documentary about my friend's band, Life After Death.

The documentary would tell a bit about each band member, their gain in popularity in the 

underground hardcore scene and the problems they faced trying to do what the love while

providing for themselves.

Doc Subject 2: John Dawson (My dad and his epic mustache)

Over the years my dad has showed me how to become a hardworking and responsible man. 

He is a self made business man, working in the restaurant industry. He opened Between The Buns

Sports Bar in Elkhart and currently works for Cafe Navarre as General Manager

He also has a bad ass mustache. I'm pretty sure I could make an entire documentary on it.

Doc Subject 3: Iechyd Da Brewing Co.

A local beer brewery in Elkhart. I would like to make a documentary about the owners and there

rise to popularity in a town where businesses are constantly failing, especially restaurants. They offer pizza,

sandwiches and their specialty brews. Keeping it simple and good priced allowed their business to thrive.

SJRMC Production Stills

10/1

Callen and Bill go over the shotlist.

10/8

Rehearsing for the finale.

10/8

Nurses practice their choreography for the stairway scene.

Emotion Photos: Stress

Brainstorming: Day 6

My 6th brainstorming idea would be a short film with a terrorism style plot. A man is sitting at a cafe on his lunch break, enjoying his coffee and reading the paper. His cellphone rings with the number 000-000-0000. He refuses to answer and then a bomb goes off across the street. People run in fear but as he is running, he can hear more explosions from far away. When he finally feels that he gets to safety he realizes he has 6 more missed calls. Another incoming call rings from the same number and he finally answers... A man over the phone tells him that if he ever does not answer the calls from this number people all over the world will die from the explosions that are triggered from the missed calls on the phone. The man on the phone tells him he can never go within a mile radius of his home, police stations or his families residences and he can never dial out for help. The character then decides that he must flee in to the woods far from civilization as possible in order for the phone to never get service to accept an incoming call. He finally gets back home after days in the woods but when he walks up to his front door, there is his cellphone he discarded in the woods dangling from the door knocker.

Brainstorm: Day 5

My 5th brainstorming idea would be a short film about a man who wakes up one day and everything in life that he once knew has disappeared. His family, his loved ones, friends and his entire life is gone. He sets out to find out where everyone has gone but has no clues on where to begin his search. How long was he asleep for? Where could the whole world have disappeared to while he was asleep? Will he find what he is looking for or be alone forever?

Brainstorming: Day 4

My fourth brainstorming idea for a film would be an experimental style film in a linear fashion about a character who is deprived of sleep because of nightmares and odd alternate realities. It would consist of a man or woman and every time the character finally falls asleep he/she falls in to some sort of alternate reality where everything runs backwards, upside down and many more skews of reality.

Brainstorm: Day 3

My third brainstorming idea would be a documentary of a weightlifter/bodybuilder. The film would showcase how much time, effort and hard work a weightlifter/bodybuilder puts in to transform him or herself. It would basically show the daily routine throughout the week consisting of meal preparation, supplement use, time in the gym and more. This subject interests me most because I started working out a year or two back and in the beginning weighed 125 lbs and I am now sitting at an all natural 165-170. I don't have much time for the gym anymore but making a film like this could begin to motivate me again.

Brainstorming: Day 2

My second brainstorming idea would be a documentary of a male bar servers/bartenders. I am currently a server at a bar and as a male you encounter much different situations than women. My documentary would consist of how the male server is perceived in a restaurant, troubles a male faces as a server and many more ideas. Being a male server is so much more difficult and you really have to learn how to read people in order to make good tips, I've learned this through experience. I know I am not the only male server who experiences what I do so I think it would be very interesting to reach out to other males who are servers and get their insight. In the film I would also address general of issues of serving, for both males and females, such as hourly wages (Avg. $2.13/hour not including tips) , tip out percentage and take home pay. It would probably be a sporadic and nonlinear film depending on how the server population responds to the questions at hand.

Brainstorming: Day 1

Nearly everyone you meet knows at least one person who is or was in the military but what we do not all know is how much war affects our own town. Most people look past the fact that there are military personnel in our area that are struggling after returning from war whether it be from PTSD, injuries or homelessness. My first brainstorming idea would be to do a documentary film about 1-3 war veterans, young or old and possibly their family from the local area. The veterans would tell their stories about before, during and after they left war in a linear fashion. Obviously the work would be fiction as most biographies are.The film would highlight their return home and how playing their part in a war has changed their lives forever.

Web Profile

My name is Chris Dawson, I am 22 and currently a Junior here at IUSB attending the Raclin School of the Arts for a B.F.A. in New Media with a full concentration in Graphic Design. I've always been in to Graphic Design and worked in the professional world for a year and half doing RV and vehicle vinyl graphic related design where I did lineart, graphics, wide format printing and installtion. I chose a full concentration because in the design world it is best to be well rounded with design, video, web, media, etc. Some of my favorite movies are The Boondock Saints, Blackhawk Down and the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. As for T.V. I don't watch to much except Breaking Bad. I listen to all types of music, mainly Hardcore and Hip Hop but I also like older genres such as blues and jazz. My long shot goal after I graduate is to freelance and get enough clients to where I can start my own design firm but honestly I will take whatever job I can get in design.