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A Social Distance is a global art project to inspire hope, creativity, and solidarity during the challenging and disorienting time of social distancing, caused by COVID-19.

You’re invited to participate.

Illustration by Angelina Bambina

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We’re creating a crowd-sourced film and need your help!

We’re reaching out to you – people from the countries most impacted by COVID-19 – to document yourself and be witnessed, as a symbol of our humanity, during this challenging time. Our short film will feature a montage of human portraits, showing the breadth of perspectives as COVID-19 and social distancing ripples across the world.

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WEAR BLACK�Please wear black (or dark) clothing. Solid colors and no brand names or logos, please.

CLEAN SPACE�Please tidy your room / space before filming. This will make it look better in the film :)

NATURAL LIGHT�Please film during the day so it’s not too dark in your film. Sunrise and sunset is OK.

FILM VERTICALLY�Please be sure to use your smartphone �and film vertically. The steadier, the better.

LONG TAKES�Film longer than you think, it’s ok to have awkward pauses. This helps us in the edit.

NEUTRAL EXPRESSION�Tone wise this is meant to feel authentic and raw.

You are invited to document yourself and be apart of our crowd-sourced film. Please follow all the instructions and complete all of the shots. Submissions are due Sunday, March 29.

INSTRUCTIONS

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Take a video self-portrait with your face full in the frame, with a little bit of head space (like shown).

Say your name and where you’re from.

ie: “My name’s Kay and I’m from Sydney, Australia”

How are you feeling in one word?

Ie: “I feel anxious.”

INTRODUCE YOURSELF

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PORTRAIT

Take a video self-portrait with your face full in the frame, with a little bit of head space (like shown). Try to move the camera as little as possible and hold each position for 5 seconds.

1) With just your eyes, look in every direction.

Straight at camera (5 seconds)
Up (5 seconds)
Left (5 seconds)
Down (5 seconds)
Right (5 seconds)
Any way you want!

2) Move just your mouth.

Left (5 seconds)
Right (5 seconds)
Center (5 seconds)
Open (5 seconds)
Close (5 seconds)
Open (5 seconds)

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4) Face Mask�Put on your mask and look at the camera for 5 seconds. Then take off your mask and look at the camera for 5 seconds.

*If you don’t have a face mask, you can skip this*

3) Move just your head.

Right (5 seconds)
Left (5 seconds)
Up (5 seconds)
Down (5 seconds)
Left corner up (5 seconds)
Right corner down (5 seconds)
Right corner up (5 seconds)
Left corner down (5 seconds)

PORTRAIT CONT.

Take a video self-portrait with your face full in the frame, with a little bit of head space (like shown). Try to move the camera as little as possible and hold each position for 5 seconds.

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OUT YOUR WINDOW

Take a video of your window, from inside, and hold it for 10 seconds as still as possible.

Take a video out the window and hold it for 10 seconds, as still as possible.

Suggestions:

• Try to get someone to interact with you

• Zoom in and follow any animals you see

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*Please be safe! Your safety is your responsibility.*

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POUND

Make sure your entire body is in the frame.

Look to left and lean in for an “elbow pound”.

Look to right and lean in for an “elbow pound”.

Look to left and lean in for a “foot tap”.

Look to right and lean in for a “foot tap”.

*Try to get your elbow / foot as close to the edge of the frame as possible, without going over.

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OPENING FRIDGE

Position yourself so you’re directly in front of your refrigerator.

Record yourself opening up your fridge, with a straight-on shot.

Hold for 10 seconds without moving.

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WASHING HANDS

Position the camera so that it has a wide shot of your sink, fully in the frame.

Next, wash your hands for 20 seconds.

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HANDWRITING

Write “Hello World” in your own language and take a close-up video of the writing (hold for 5 seconds).

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BONUS: COUNTRY FLAG

Hold your country's flag up to the camera, so it takes up a majority of the frame, plus your face.

NOTE: This can be an actual flag, a printed flag, or a hand-drawn flag, see below for examples:

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Move around while holding your phone for 60 seconds.

Start in a portrait position.
Move around your space and find interesting positions with the camera.
End where you started in a portrait position.

BONUS: MOVING PORTRAIT

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Create a new folder “FirstName_LastName_ASocialDistance”

Name each video file: “FirstName_LastName_Task” (use the headings of each slide for the name of the task)

Upload your videos to Dropbox, WeTransfer (asocialdistance@gmail.com) or Google Drive.

HOW TO SUBMIT

1. Fill out this form to submit your content link

PORTRAIT (p. 5-6)

OUT YOUR WINDOW (p. 7)�
POUND (p. 8)

OPENING FRIDGE (p. 9)

WASHING HANDS (p. 10)

HANDWRITING (p. 11)

OPTIONAL: INTRODUCE YOURSELF (p. 13)�
OPTIONAL: COUNTRY FLAG (p. 14)

OPTIONAL: MOVING PORTRAIT (p. 15)

Please submit your footage no later than March 29.

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Thanks for being a part of �this global art project 🙏

We will send you the finished video. �Questions? ASocialDistance@gmail.com