First draft of untitled NYC doc

Untitled New York Doc.
Treatment Draft One |August 6, 2008|

Focus

New York City, the busiest place in America. Many eyes witness and observe the immense buildings, people living vertical lifestyles. A city underground with subway tracks and platforms, musical performers beat drums made of buckets, strum their guitars in hopes for spare change. To the eye of a long time New York City resident, this is no such attraction. But to the tourist or recent transplant to the city, the street performer is a wonder all in its own.

This documentary will focus on the observations and timid eye of a recent transplant and focus mainly on the subway street performers who seemingly live down in the city below the city. What does this city look like? Feel like? An honest answer cannot be given by merely visiting and documenting what is seen. This film will give a point of view from a new comer, trying to understand and interpret a new culture.