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Stock Footage needed for American Dream w/Danny Glover, Howard Zinn
Hello, we are looking for various footage for our film American Dream. We have some wonderful people in the film (Danny Glover, Howard Zinn, Vicki Robin, David Korten) that have donated their time and are looking for b-roll to complete this much needed film. Please see more online at http://www.americandreamthemovie.com. The film is being released nationwide next year in theatres.
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We are looking for the following in hd, hdv, dv, 35mm stills:
(Compensation will be credit in film and/or pay)
Opening Montage:
Theme: "Waking up in America"
* Sun rises over America.
* Landscapes of America. Americana.
* Aerial Views. Grandeur.
* Cityscapes.
* Time lapses of busy cities.
* People going to work: driving, boarding metro
* Kids getting off school bus, going into school
* Pollution. Slums. Homeless people. Traffic jams.
Advertisement
Children TV Commercials
* Brats, barbies and other toys that promote superficiality (girls).
* GI Joes, video games and other products that promote violence/power (boys)
* Ads where girls are sexualized, introduced to obsession with beauty
* Fast Food commercials for children -Ronald MacDonald..
* Commercials teaching kids how to nag and manipulate parents
* Children commercials that are sensory overwhelming, over the top
* Products with media branded characters (Disney, Sesame Street, Shreck..)
* Commercials on Channel One News (schools)
B-roll / stills of Other forms of Advertising to Children
* Advertising in schools: gymboards, naming rights, ads on sides of school buses
* Products /catalog pages/ displays /shelves with products with media branded characters (Disney, Sesame Street, etc), especially if these are products for babies, toddlers and very young children
* TV programs and video games that promote materialism, cult of image, violence, among kids
TV Commercials in general
* DVD's and seminars on the secret to becoming rich, ways to get rich fast, etc. (ads and infomercials)
* Commercials that highlight status, ostentation
* Commercials that associate a product with the ideas of status, power, attraction, success, individuality
* Commercials that appeal to people's self esteem or sense or purpose in order to sell something: know who you are, be who you are, prove yourself, etc
* Useless products, outrageous products (ads and infomercials)
* Luxury products, designer fashion brands
* Clothes, perfumes, cosmetics, beauty treatments,
* Diets, miracle beauty products, workout and fat burning products, belly-hiding devices, breast enlargers, etc. (ads and infomercials)
* Luxury cars, SUV's, trucks -especially when the ad associates the car with status, power, attraction, success.
* Fast food commercials -especially if showing huge portions of advertising 'the fourth meal'
* Funny, loud, crazy, over-the-top comercials -to add color to montages.
* Antidepressants, mood enhancers
* Credit cards, easy finance
* credit repair, debt consolidation, debt collection
* Bankruptcy lawyers, services,
Shopping, consumption B-Roll:
* Malls, shopping centers (b-roll and time lapses)
* Wall Mart, Best Buy, Circuit City, etc
* Christmas shopping
* Sales
* Shoppers
* Children in toy stores, Toys-R-Us, fast food restaurants
* Car dealerships with huge, well-stocked lots (auto malls)
* Car yards (at distribution centers or ports)
* Container stations, harbors (imported goods) (b-roll and time lapses)
* TV programs that promote materialism
* American president and other leaders encouraging people to buy
Opulence B-roll:
* Large mansions (exteriors and interiors)
* Jewels, luxury watches (displays and shops)
* Luxury fashion brands (items and shops)
* Luxury cars
* Yachts
* Private helicopters, planes, submarines
* TV News clips reporting on opulence (richest men, luxury brand market, largest private ranch, most expensive car...)
Cult of image B-roll:
* Celebrities, young and good-looking (film, music...)
* Plastic surgery (surgeries, before-after shots, advertisements, press ads..)
* Curves, Weight Watches, Gyms,
* Clips from extreme make over and other TV programs that promote obsession with appearance.
Over consumption and excess -B-Roll:
* Self storage facilities
* donation stations, yard sales
* Clutter, electronic recycling facilities (cell phones, TV sets, computers..)
* Wrecking yards, compacted cars
* Dumps,
Debt, Poverty -B-Roll:
* Inner city bums
* slums
* pawn shops,
* Boarded-up Businesses. Closed Schools.
* homeless people
Stress. Overwork. B-Roll:
* Traffic jams,
* hectic jobs and lifestyles (stock brokers, call centers..)
* Business districts (b-roll and time lapses)
Depression. Lack of Purpose. Loss of identity B-Roll:
* people going into pharmacy (b-roll and time lapse)
* Prozac and other antidepressants
* Book covers/book displays: relevant self-help books.
Environmental and global implications B-Roll:
* Clear-cut rain forest
* dumps, pollution, slums
* Poor people in less developed nations watching TV -ideally American series and films.
* Asian cities, Asian factories
* Asian commercials
* Iraq war
For more information:
http://www.americandreamthemovie.com
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