some of the ideas that are rummaging around these days are bigger later projects. for this class i really want to focus on some local myths of the north carolina (devil's stomping ground, the crazy reflector man, the night lantern) and actually experience these things by actually doing them overnight with my crew. ghosts abound! what will separate this film from the usual travel fare is the experimental twist/angle i want to include. i have come in possession of my own super 8 equipment, which i wish to use to rephotograph video and reproject this as film ala stan "the man" brakhage. there is some research to be done, legends are fun and i hope to find a group who is on board with me to do this. i have experienced the crazy reflector man personally and it scared the shit out of me. the night lantern and devil's stomping ground is sworn by many to be true. i havent met anybody yet that is brave enough to try it. this is the best time of the year to be up all night filming. that is the idea i am most behind. three stories should fit nicely in 10-15 min and they are fairly local in that they should only be fairly small distances away. perfect case scenario would be to have 3-4 day weekend, camping to do primary filming. totally exciting! leave messages and posts about first reactions. dont want to do this alone after done with film school, kinda scared. just kidding.


check out these links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnVbTH0QU3s

http://greensboring.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=993

http://www.ratrun.com/north_carolina.htm

http://www.americanfolklore.net/folktales/nc2.html

http://www.prairieghosts.com/brownmt.html