Author: EVAN JAMAL

For my short documentary, I wanted to focus on basketball. Due to the virus and players contracting it, the NBA had to go on a hiatus, suspending the rest of the season. Growing up in queens that’s the biggest hobby/pastime we have. Especially this time of the year. If the suspension didn’t happen, it would almost be playoff time. A lot of people including myself feel an important chunk of life is missing  without basketball. So wanted to shoot something that shows and grabs at that passion. Idea of the documentary itself was to shoot different locations (hopefully by that time we can go back to being able to gather in large numbers) of people playing. While the overlay would have a narrative of what basketball means to me, and of those in the video. To start off I was thinking I could shoot the empty parks. Typically around this time going into spring parks start to get filled with people playing basketball, but due to the virus they are empty.

 

wanted to shoot a video of the daily hustle and bustle of life. the waking up early, school, work, all the things that we have to do that take up our time from being able to do the things we want to do. wanted to record those things, in a dreary way, and on the positive side show things we do to enjoy ourselves, going to the gym, partying, eating, drinking etc. Basically showing the balance of life. How i plan to shoot this is, in different locations related to those moments. music in the background would reflect the actions in the videos.