Class Notes: Week 5
- Real Laww
- Durm Hip Hop Summit, humble
- Mike Williams - ArtsNowNC
- Created ArtsNowNC for 18 months, been working with artists for 18 years
- Heather Allen
- John Doherty
- Cross Creek Pictures - creative executive, find properties to invest and produce, Black Mass and Everest
- Teach through Duke in LA - ongoing contest with Duke Alums - who can get most interns
- Napoleon Wright II
- Designer, animator, videographer - evolved
- Pan II Creative - PR to Corporate to Doing Own Thing
- Break dancer and musician
- Open to any discussions
- Wei & Jenny
- Tony Waldron - Durm artist - black & white drawings
- Spray paints, messes them up with color, worked with electronics
- Show next Friday to follow him the day of
- Didn't talk to any of them
- John - "narrative already there, story is outlined, tell it the best way"
- Carson - "timelapse potential"
- Scrap Exchange
- Vintage materials, papers, fabrics, electronics, DVDs, tapes
- Good for visuals, workshops for DUI, design center
- How to create art
- One of them may be person from the workshop - one employee/owner
- Didn't talk to either people
- Carrot Gallery - yoga - living creative life through physical - aspiring artists
- Run by Duke grad student in Philosophy - suggested $5 donation - designed to tap into creative wisdom - every Wednesday - follow people who are in the yoga
- How do people use yoga in real life
- Carson - "Challenge in casting - characters, experiential interviews, walk along, talk to them while they are doing stuff, give more candid interviews"
- John - "unclear what story is - might be more of a challenge"
- "Find person that is willing to talk to you"
- Mike - "design thinking - what's the problem, what are you trying to solve? - how does that help them channel creativity?"
- "Floors are creaky, interesting creative space - dopest one and most fun"
- Napoleon - "black and white -messing up with colors - lots of visual potential"
- Amy - "talk to both Carrot and Tony Waldron in person - go to couple of classes, find person or two that is willing to talk to you"
- Chris & Alex
- Jean Dillard - mosaics in backyard - 9-5 job as mechanic - talk to him - has website - mosaic trees and logs - turns house into mosaic house - works on it all the time
- If anyone wants to come hang out - here is where I live
- Second interviewee - person that lives in house nearby and CDS
- Does art for family and friends
- Pictures on websites are really pretty
- Artist who depends on work 9-5, passion is what he does at night
- Good visual, friendly
- Carson - "Shoot it right at dusk, getting home from work "
- End of mechanic day
- Napoleon - "body shot to happen upon glorious mosaic home"
- John - "dichotomy - machine/mathematical into creative - how guy jumps in and out"
- Makes art for family - building a piece for niece - show dichotomy of lifestyle - story of art itself
- What natural sounds - bolts getting tightened onto wheels, birds chirping, drops of leaves, shoot it with boom (uni-directional), weave that into voiceovers - nail the nat sound this time
- Amy - "He's on a ladder - fun heights - won't hold back on being a character - interview - why he is actually creating"
- Definitely go to his house to go get him - Bonnie @ Doc Studies - he does have a wife - see how his art affects loved ones?
- Mike - works 9-5 - lots work full-time jobs - that's why Mike does what he does - impossible - lots of artists - something that hits home and is personable
- I just want to create! But gotta get greasy, wipe his brow, piece of the day - aww factor - emotional connection
- Visual artist - Franco - booth at Centerfest
- Illustrator and graphic artist - social activism - political activism - his work and logo is an afro pick with a fist up in the air
- Website hasn't been updated - tough to contact - little research wouldn't be a problem
- Exhibitions around the area - rebel with a cause - showing why he does this - how he involves the community - how it inspires change
- Haven't spoken to him
- Pick your brain, blow out your conscious - lives in Durm
- Hook - able to relax and ease tension
- Laww - "can get you the number"
- Mike - Malcolm Golf - second voice - did an exhibit at Haytide Heritage Center about Social Justice - definitely good - fun to work with
- Man Bites Dog/Vector Dance
- Chris talked to professor about artist in Durham - not feasible because no car
- Sophie & Tristan
- Salon art gallery/barber shop
- Went to check it out - great aesthetics
- Talked to few people in there - great story as to why they but a gallery inside a barber shop - how it relates to the community - more and more people are coming to the bar to grab a drink
- Art of cutting hair would be a cool way to take it - interesting hair cuts - lots of aspects of art
- One of the women said that someone had inquired because they didn't want to show faces of customer - discuss with owners
- Mike - mixture is dope
- John - hangout aspect is awesome - kind of like tattoo parlour - find barber shop - find culture of art
- Flock to whoever is more interesting and more cooperative
- Get a haircut
- Napoleon - agrees - work with environment that has most filming flexibility - dealbreaker to not be able to shot
- Get releases - opens up whole door - good learning experience to pass over
- Talk in more organic way - try and see it evolve
- Durham as a city - aesthetic - tagger - cool project
- Woem - time lapse of him creating - shot him back - keep it disclosed
- Will not let you shoot his face
- Runaway is doing a documentary on him
- Layers and characters - both in Durham
- Doper the story, the doper the end product
- PURSUE BOTH, BE A GOOD SALESPERSON, BUILD RELATIONSHIPS, MEET WITH OWNER, IDENTIFY PROS/CONS, MAKE A DECISION
- Melissa&Jillian
- Hunky Dory - 9th street - record store and smoke shop - know people who shop on both sides
- Guy used to be journalist - soft spot for people that are doing video stuff
- Just him -
- Thrift shopping, looking for records, you can come with me - young hip looking people that work there
- Has family - son that is little
- Done some pretty cool stuff as a journalist - smoke store and vinyl store in Durham
- Dolly's - vintage shop on Main Street - familiar - going when very little - used to be in Brightleaf
- Sell vintage clothing, Durham things, Durham Pride - knick knacky costume pieces
- Emailed owner Jennifer - said she was interested and will see if we want to pursue that
- Casselhaus - arts entrepreneurs - decided to build a space for artists - built house in middle of woods - galleries and exhibitions inside - artists in-residence - come and work
- Story could be cool, talk to artist living there now, husband that is there, website has a lot of stuff on it, Frank was interested
- 2 days that he could film - footage wise - be beautiful - inside is pretty
- Creative space to work out of but one artists lives there at a time
- Fly in people from all over the country
- Frank & Ellen are at arts events all over the town
- Napoleon - "give interviewer experience of what house is like as viewer - having people welcome you"
- John -
- Journalist - amalgamation of life
- built this over years - whereas art space is going to be about space and people will flow in and out of narrative
- Brandon & Nathan
- Crazy Camp - right next to cosmic - open mic nights - jam out - nice guitars and things - closed down for a year - 9th street dance company was there - owner was there
- Pretty cool physical form - dance would be interesting - mural is cool
- Talk to the owner - said she would be interested - camera shy - more voiceover
- Her and her daughter - interesting story behind family
- Guitar Shop - High Strung on Broad Street
- Great little guitar shop, violins, mandolins,
- Hold weekly jams - old time music, Irish music, ukulele jam - great little spot
- Guy was open to project - would be excited to help - offered audio studio - seemed really excited about the project
- John - "play to your strengths, if you are going to be able to do kick-ass piece, do the guitar shop"
- Mike - "Nathan might know some dance"
- "Play with people" - talk about your experience - potentially be a voice in the piece
- Amy - "character doesn't have to be owner - person that has energy"
- Cool to interview regular performers at jam session - managers are cool too
- B-roll from Irish jam session - Irish music would be cool - different than ukuleles and guitars
- Cassidy & Cara
- Man Bites Dog Theater - Jeff Storer
- Duke professor by day, actor director producer by night - looks like Santa Claus
- Definitely interested in being film - directed a show with two 15 year olds - cool and go back to talk to them from their perspective
- Talk to people in current show - make for cool shots in theater
- Do they have performances ongoing right now? Rehearsals and shows now?
- Tension in theater/professor
- YouTube Make-Up Artist/Commission to Make Pictures of Cars for Lexus Dealerships
- Went to NC State - finishing last semester - interesting personality
- Very vibrant on YouTube - make-up is art
- Bearly wears make-up in person - dichotomy in personality is intriguing
- Teacher or Lexus would be second personality - person who is getting a car portrait
- John - "It is weird - I like it"
- "How fanatical people are about process."
- Friend of Cara for a few years -
- Napoleon - "interesting story about insane luxury and then an artist who paints these cars for people - doesn’t make a lot of money - rich/poor world - do they pay artists a lot?"
- Sophie - each person has two sides to them - wealthy/struggling, how each part plays into roles - tension there
- Lifestyle Company - two fraternity brothers at NC State
- Centered around humility and staying humble - $22,000 @ Makery
- Napoleon Q&A
- Three personalities in one being?
- Ebb & flow is why I am able to be here - corporate gave you skills for personal which led back to corporate
- Had I ignored three of my personalities - have not gotten some of the opportunities
- John thinks this is a valuable message as a musician to not ignore passion - screenwriter/actor - being an exec is a sellout - going full force into couple different avenues - rub off in a positive way
- Limiting yourself by not selling different sides of yourself
- Meeting one day - presentable - college shirt - b-boy practice at night, battles over the weekend - never ignore who you are
- Artists work hard
- Contacts
- NBA People
- John Doherty - Cross Creek Pictures
- Napoleon Wright
- Laww - ask Amy
- Mike Williams - ask Amy