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Taxi (Sample Reel) (9:47)
Javan Cornelius | Huntsville, AL
Taxi Pitch:
In every major city around America there is a cab driver who is not afraid to initiate the abnormal conversation. His or her passion to entertain customers verbally and repeated requests for the driver’s service, the result is a personal relationship with the customers. In this planned mini-documentary, we intend to select the most popular cab driver in Huntsville, Alabama, assign the driver, leveraging already-developed relationship, the duty of asking hand picked customers how Americans should deal with the effects of past racism, expulsion, and reparation issues presently? The cab driver will ask every customer, should African Americans dig up the past like the descendants of Forsyth County? Does digging up the past help the American Culture’s future? What is the best way to resolve issues around matters of race? In this three-minute short, we will hear numerous opinions from the American public on how to deal with these issues. This film plans to expose the different ideologies on race issues that exist between young and older Americans with differing cultural backgrounds.
The film will be shot in black and white, using a two-camera set up. The film will be accompanied by a score to match the mood of these interviews.
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TAXI!!!
This idea is outrageously brilliant! I mean, who would have thought of something like this. I have taken numerous cab rides and you won't believe the conversation topics that have come up! But you can bet your life that the first topic in any cab ride will be politics, followed by "white" versus "black". This piece is not only going to be an eye-opener to millions but it will blow them away completely!! Keep up the good work Javan!
The taxi conversation!!!
I think this is an original idea. I believe that this concept is in line with real life. I'll tell you why. A taxi cab conversation about racism and everyday politics that is caught on film will be a eye opener for the world. Becasue you have different people with various views on the world that take rides in cabs that want to converse on the problems and issues at hand. A ride in a taxi is an adventure within itself because you have various cab drivers from different places and nationalities that provide transportation for people that may or may not be biased towards them (driver), and it would be interesting to see how everything turns out. I wish you the best. Peace.