Notebook Entries March 2006
WSpriggs@comcast.com
Cc: Michael Starks <michael@ionogenstudios.com>
Subject: Re: Start - 9 emails- Opening
Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:26:45 AM
Bill,
Thanks for sending me the full script. I am in the process of adding
pick-up shots
and a few suggestions. Michael Best and I are meeting on Thursday to
review. Then,
we'll send you what we've got.
Best Wishes,
Michael
WSpriggs@comcast.com
Cc: Michael Starks <michael@ionogenstudios.com>
Subject: Re: 7 for 7 -- Conclusion
Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:35:22 AM
Bill,
It looks like I'm missing Sunday's material (Operation R&J).
Please re-send when you have a chance.
Thanks,
Michael
WSpriggs@comcast.com
Cc: Michael Best <goldenmoonboy@yahoo.com>, Michael Starks <michael@ionogenstudios.com>
Subject: Opening
Date: Monday, March 06, 2006 8:04:33 AM
Bill,
Here is the opening I put together. Let me know if you want any
changes.
I will provide more information by the middle of the week. We are on
schedule to shoot your scenes and Michael's Scenes on Saturday.
Best Wishes,
Michael
OPENING
[Black Screen]
We hear the voices of happy kids playing on a playground.
TITLE: SEVEN IDEAS FOR SEVEN DAYS
TITLE: MAKING DEMOCRATS ELECTABLE
Fade in on the playground. Focus on two boys. Jeff has Adam in a
headlock and keeps punching him in the gut. Adam's nose is dripping
blood.
ADAM
I give up. Oowww! You win. Let me go.
Jeff throws Adam to the ground.
JEFF
Now, get up off your ass, so I can teach you a lesson.
Adam looks over his shoulder at Jeff in a moment of defiance.
JEFF
What are you going to do, asshole?
ADAM
(resigned)
Nothing.
JEFF
That's what I thought, you little creep!
Jeff kicks Adam a few times and walks away to greet his bully friends
who are cheering. They all leave. A girl, SARAH, approaches Adam.
SARAH
Are you OK?
ADAM
What does it look like?
SARAH
Are you sad, because you're hurt?
ADAM
(after a long pause)
No, I'm sad because I didn't fight back.
Music swells. Fade out.
*****
[FADE IN on William Anthony Spriggs, who stands behind a podium.
Location A.]
WSpriggs@comcast.com
Subject: list
Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:27:21 PM
Seven Ideas for Seven Days Mailing List
1.Jimmy Carter & Staff
The Carter Center
453 Freedom Parkway [DVD was never sent -- Concerns with Secret Service and
Homeland Security--WAS--09/10/06]
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2.Al Franken
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new guy - "Chris"]]]]]]]
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41. Angie Coiro,
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42. The Wonderful Support Staff @
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43. Thorn Hartmann & staff
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44. Betsy Rosenberg & staff
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45. Amy Goodman
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58. Susan Amirian, web content
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59. Laura Flanders
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60. Steve Rosenfled, senior producer
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61. Christabel Nsiah-Buadi - producer
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63. The Lionel Show Staff @
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76. Keisha Senter
Campus Speakers Bureau Manager
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77. Ann Lewis & staff
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79. To the Staff @ [Gov Mark Warner]
Forward Together PAC
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80. Robert B. Reich
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Chairman, Democratic National Committee
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82. To the Staff @
The Peace Alliance
P.O. box 3259
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On Mar 24, 2006, at 6:03 AM, WSpriggs@comcast.com wrote:
> Citations for Seven Ideas for Seven Days
>
> To Michael Starks: Post-production title citations
>
> Michael:
> Below are additions and citations that should be included into the
> movie credits…I'm assuming that the ending credit roll would be the
> best place for them -- or at the end of each DAY section? - The
> argument for that point would be that it would make it easier to slice
> up the film into nine sections and place them on your web site as a
> "teaser," thus making each DAY a short independent film. I have
no
> plans to place any video on my web site.
>
> I do plan on putting a link on my web site and pointing it to yours at
> ionogen. If I am interviewed by anyone, I will mention my web site
> first - There is no reason why we can't benefit both from this
> project.
>
> I will discuss distribution of the film by those who wish to purchase
> a copy of the complete film at a later date.
>
>
>
> However the film will end up, it still comes down to whatever you
> think would look best.….but I would like one small title insertion
-
> white lettering on black screen -- at the beginning - perhaps 4
> seconds-and that would be:
> *********
>
> Dedicated to all the children of the planet.
>
> ******************
>
>
> We need to mention in the ending credits that not all seven ideas are
> mine….this is to cover our asses if the movie breaks out and becomes
a
> buzz subject (I think it has a good chance.) Besides, it is the
> right thing to do.
>
> Special Thanks To:
> "Mr. Spriggs wishes to thank the following web sites for inspiring
> four of the eight ideas, particularly the web site
> www.publicampaign.org for their excellent idea and leadership on the
> subject of public financing of campaigns - Friday's idea." [Spelling
> is correct on the URL address]
>
> Other web sites mined for concepts were:
>
> Tuesday's Idea
> Why Tuesdays? Let's Move the Vote www.whytuesday.org
>
> Wednesday and Thursday's Ideas:
> Apollo Alliance: Three Million New Jobs; Freedom from Foreign Oil.
> www.-- apolloalliance.org
>
>
> "Mr. Spriggs wishes to also thank the many scholars dedicated to the
> field of evolutionary psychology who contributed to his understanding
> of human behavior. Mr. Spriggs invites everyone to visit his web
> site:
>
> Evolution's Voyage:
> Evolutionary Psychology for the Common Person, www.evoyage.com
> *************
>
> [MS: put a plug in for your studio here-"Mr. Spriggs also
> invites…etc," ]
>
> Monday's Citations:
>
> 1). "Among the more than 4,000 species of mammals, only two have been
> observed to form coalitions that kill conspecifics - chimpanzees and
> humans. Human warfare is nearly exclusively a male activity. P. 298,
> David M. Buss, Evolutionary Psychology: The new science of the mind,
> 1999, Allyn & Bacon.
>
> 2) "Only two species of mammals have ever been observed to form
> aggressive coalitions against other members of their own species:
> Chimpanzees and humans. The male of our species has recurrently
> engaged in warfare over recorded human history, whereas, there is not
> a single documented case of women forming same-sex coalitions to go to
> war." .J. Tooby and L. Cosmides "The evolution of war and its
> cognitive foundations." Institute for Evolutionary Studies, Technical
> Report #88-1, 1988)
> "What is especially disappointing to me is the docile acceptance by
so
> many strong Christian women of their subjugation and restricted role."
> P. 93, Jimmy Carter, Our Endangered Values, Simon & Schuster, 2005.
>
> Tuesday's Citations
>
> None directly. Indirect: Why Tuesday's: Let's Move the Vote
> www.whytuesday.org
>
> Wednesday's Citations
> "Richard Nixon Promised in 1971 to make the United States
> Self-sufficient in energy by 1980. President Jimmy Carter promised in
> 1979 that the nation would "never again use more foreign oil than
we
> did in 1977." "Call to Cut Foreign Oil Is a Refrain 35 Years
Old,"
> The New York Times, Feb. 1, 2006, by Matthew L. Wald & Edmund L.
> Andrews.
>
> "Our enemies cannot do a damn thing. We do not need you at all. But
> you are in need of the Iranian nation." Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as quoted
> in the Guardian of London, and reprinted in: "Driving Toward Middle
> East Nukes in Our S.U.V.'s." By Thomas L. Friedman, The New York
> Times, February 10, 2006.
>
>
> Thursday's Citations
> None direct: see above.
>
> Friday's Citations
>
> Public Campaign
> 1320 19th Street, NW, Suite M-1
> Washington, DC 20036
> Ph. 202.293.0222
> Website: www - publicampaign.org
>
> Saturday's Citations
> "…with little doubt, the greatest challenge we face is the growing
> chasm between the rich and the poor people on earth." Jimmy Carter,
> p. 179, Our Endangered Values, Simon & Schuster, 2005.
>
> Sunday's Citations
> "The United States of America is not at war." Jimmy Carter, Our
> Endangered Values, p. 157, Simon & Schuster, 2005.
> [MS: this is real important!...This is to be underlined on screen as
> it is in the book!]
>
> Inclusive Fitness:
>
> Theory developed by William D. Hamilton, evolutionary biologist, in
> the early 1960s. Also known as "Hamilton's Rule," it changed
the
> entire viewpoint of modern biological thought because it shifted the
> view from a self-centered, greedy, survival-at-all-costs-individual,
> into the concept of a related "gene's-eye view" of relatedness.
Thus,
> explaining the behavior of self-sacrifice which is highly relevant
> with parents and grandparents "sacrificing" behavior for their
> children.
>
> While at the London School of Economics, Hamilton produced three
> papers, producing the math formulas for relatedness.
>
>
>
> P.S note to MS:
> p.s. Once again, I want the following note to be included somewhere on
> the DVD label: "1st edition"
>
> [I then intend to manually write on each DVD as I place it within the
> mailer: 2/100, 3/100, 4/100, etc…..if it becomes a buzz subject,
then
> it may have extra value as time passes - after all, I do consider this
> a "piece of artwork."]
>
> p.p.s. note to MS.
> I am assuming that the 100 copies that you will give me will just be
> in a protective sleeve and that I will have to put them into my own
> Jewell case.
>
> In any case, I intend to put a sticker on the back of the plastic
> Jewell case with contact information for myself and ionogen studios.
>
> Do you have any objections to have your contact number on this sticker?
> Bill Spriggs
WSpriggs@comcast.com
Subject: Re: Citations for 7 for 7
Date: Friday, March 24, 2006 4:16:12 PM [View Source]
Bill,
Thanks for the citations. I will make sure they are incorporated.
Michael