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