Our first idea was to choreograph a dance to music while projecting various images but decided against this since none of us had any experience dancing. We then thought about converting a silent film into a live performance, i.e. we project words onto a screen and interact with projected objects. However, while we were looking at projects or inspiration, we saw Emoticam and decided to do a performance about texting in a relationship. We originally wanted to catalogue a relationship over a span of weeks but realized we wouldn't be able to accomplish it in 4 minutes. So we instead focused on a girl and a boy just starting to text with the girl hoping the guy asks her to homecoming.

We started by writing a script which ended up being 3 1/2 pages which we edited down to 1 1/2 by condensing and cutting scenes. We then filmed it using QuickTime Player which allows Macbooks to record the screens of connected iPhones. We took the videos into Adobe Premiere and put them next to each other, cut unnecessary breaks, cut out the audio, and then sped up the texting scenes x2 and other scenes x1.5. 

We were going to keep the video silent but thought that the performance would not feel right without some background music and the texting sounds. So, we grabbed the message received sound and a song that we thought would run in the background without being distracting. We adjusted the levels of the audio in Premiere and then added a fade to the sound at the end. 

Script: https://docs.google.com/a/andrew.cmu.edu/document/d/1tljoVEPfMJEo3B2qR4s_7LrkAf79atjJHlKQ0La9fXY/edit?usp=sharing

Unedited Videos: https://drive.google.com/a/andrew.cmu.edu/folderview?id=0B-uoAoMaSoCFbFp1TnpqeUNrSGM&usp=sharing