Audi-uh-oh

Micheal Jackson is a pedophile piece of shit and it's ruining my project. As you may know, the truth about Jackson's sexual abuse allegations has reared its ugly head, revealing the king of pop to be the king of avoiding consequences for what he did to those boys. I watched the documentary Leaving Neverland and to me it has never been clearer that after years of manipulation it was extremely hard for those kids to give proper testimonies against Micheal so long ago. "But what does this have to do with your portfolio project?", you ask. Well, think reallllly hard: What is THE perfect song to start playing on the radio for when my trans main character looks into the mirror? 

Yeah. YEAH. So- screw Micheal Jackson and his ability to make beautiful music. Now I need to find another song about mirrors, cause I'm not going to contribute to the cultural indifference that displays itself every time a famous man is exposed as a sexual predator or abuser. To include his music in my film opening regardless of his controversy, would be an insult to the integrity of my message irresponsible as a filmmaker and to victims of sexual abuse everywhere.

Audi-OHHHHHHHH

Hello ladies and gents, today we're gonna be talking about a lil' thang called music. 

Since my movie opening is going to contain very minimal dialogue, I want to be able to tell the audience the beginning of this story through music. Throughout my main characters morning routine, I'm going to have his little brother downstairs eating cereal and fiddling with the radio. As the radio stations change, the audience will hear bits and pieces of classical music, rap, classic rock, etc. I'm going to use the lyrics and tone of the songs to create a sort of message about my main character and his relationship with his family, not to mention also to create context about how my main character's mornings usually go.

In my opening, my character is going to be administering his testosterone shot into himself. I want to capture the monotonous tone of a school morning and have it be disrupted by a very unconventional  morning routine act that people have never witnessed or thought about unless they have someone in their close circle or family who is trans.

When I think about artists who have made music that is both lyrically and musically meaningful, Queen immediately pops into my head. Micheal Jackson is also an artist i'm considering adding to my  project. I'm still figuring out how to navigate this whole asking permission to use copyrighted music thing, but I'm excited to work on the audio portion of this project! :)