Define a Space Plan/Shot List

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Pool (not pocket)

For our project, my partner Zoya and I have decided to use Hunter's own chlorinated body of water, which, up until this point in our college careers... neither one of us had actually been to.

That's right - we're after that pool.

When it comes down to it, a lot of our collective childhood memories can be reduced to indoor pools - swim lessons, sports, elementary school gym class - you name it. The heavy familiarity of chlorine in the air, the lap of water against the edges of the pool, the squeak of shoes on damp tile - Hunter's indoor pool could be an indoor pool anywhere. Again, the cliche of childhood and familiarity. I reckon it's a commonality among most of us to recall this sort of discomforting memory of uniformity  - a lot like putting on dry clothes without drying all that chlorine water off first.

1. Wide shot of entire pool area/room, ideally taken from a corner of a the room
2. Detail shot of the water at the center of the pool, almost disorienting in its detail/reflection of light
3. Medium shot of row of starting blocks, showing off some DOF
4. Medium shot of wet tiles, with the edge of the pool just visible, water lapping to it
5. Detail shot of bare feet approaching camera, stopping in puddle of water, pausing, wiggle-wiggle of le toe, then walking out of frame
6. Wide shot of ceiling, like the view of one floating in the center of the pool
7. Detail shot of fluorescent lights above (WOULD BE TOTALLY COOL IF THEY COULD MAGICALLY FLICKER A BIT)
8. WITH CONSENT of any possible swimmers, perhaps a medium shot of someone diving/jumping in, staying under and popping back up, some splish-splashing about
9. Wide shot of bleachers
10. Detail shot of lifeguard stand with the save-your-life-buoy red thing

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