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.