So far i have the basic story i want to try and follow...
The video begins with an shot of three different alarm clocks set to different times depending on what time of day that mother starts her day. From these shots you will zoom back just as the alarms go off and you see the mother waking up and her routine begins. They get themselves ready and begin to get the children up and ready to start the morning. (no matter how early it is... most mothers always try and get their kids up and ready before they leave)
This entire time you are cutting back and fourth between houses while and narrative is being given to explain what the movie is about and what is going on.
you then see all the kids at the table with the parents eating breakfast (if this is a normal routine for this family) Then you see a boy getting on the bus as he goes to school. and you cut back to a shot of the mother waving good bye to the son and he goes off into the distance on the bus. The mother then kisses everyone else good bye and grabs her daily coke out of the fridge and goes and gets in the car.
You see the car driving off into the distance and next thing you know we are at the work of the mother's and you see them walking into the building. Then you cut to a scene inside of the coke bottle sitting on the counter where it will be left most of the day.
during the daily routine you will see parts of the interview with each of the husbands and how it has changed their daily routine now that the mother is working.
you go the day following the mother around and seeing the various things she does and you cut form scene to scene of different things each mother does and while this is going on you hear the mothers interview and maybe even get some of the interview while they are working so they are working and talking to you at the same time.
Every so often you check back at the coke bottle and get a shot of it and in the final movie you will see the time each of the bottles was taken. should be the same time for each mother and maybe show a scene where you can see all three bottles to see the difference.
from work you go home and begin to see the nightly routine and what goes on. gettingt he homework done. making sure the home schooled kids get their work done. making sure the house is cleaned and everyone gets dinner. then its off to baths and bed. Show each of the bedtime routines based on how old the kids are and if its easy for the mothers or not.
At this time you will see many interview with b-roll that match what each person says. since i dont know what they are going to say that will have to hopefully match up later.
the last scene you will see is the coke bottle in the trash and you cut back to the alarm clocks to show what time the mother finally gets some time to herself and talk to her about her feelings and how she thinks each day goes and what she misses the most about being home.
Well this is what i have for now... next week i want to do some test with the kids to see how they react to the camera. and see what i have to do to correct the problem if they pay ot much attention to the camera.
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Good start (my only comment on content is that it feels a bit scripted-- but this is similar to Rachel Getting Married)--include some information about how your are going to visually direct the look of the film (e.g., how will you frame your shots? As if you are giving layout information to your Director of Photography... even though that is you, of course). How will you compose shots that include children? Mother’s POV? Ambient shots?
Additionally, what will your post-process color palette look like? How will you post-process your raw film so that you have total control of the presentation (Rachel Getting Married has that warm vs. cool palette for emphasis of contrast).
Now that you have the Coke Can in a more designed role, I’m not sure if it is working (only because, who would want to nurse a Coke all day...). What if your visual metaphor is the inside of the Mother’s Purse? Every morning or night, she tries to assemble it into some form of order, but as the day rolls on, chaos overrides the order. Or, each Mother makes a list and as the day rolls on, everyone else’s needs gets crossed off... hers remain un-checked.
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