Updates!

Okay I’ve been thinking a lot about what it is i want to achieve in my final project this semester. Yes I want to understand the Long take its potential for suspense. However I want to more. I want to  understand what the Long take means to me and how, through the experimental use of it, I will better understand my own style as a filmmaker. I think that changing this mindset has helped me clarify what exactly it is I want. I chucked out my overly elaborate scripts. I am creating an atmosphere now:

1. Instead of my elaborate script of a girl’s thoughts, I will have a little girl laughing continuously, this laugh will slowly age into that of an older woman. Why I chose this laughter is because I think a child’s laughter portrays such innocent without even having to speak. I believe I can juxtapose that laughter with the eeriness of the girl sitting solemnly on screen and that will establish the type of atmosphere I want. In just working on this scripting process I’ve realised how much I love the unspoken word. I really love to tell stories without words, rather finding other creative, less literal ways to express what I am trying to say.

2. I don’t want to film in a white room, Daniel and I have been discussing and we want to use a green screen. I’ve always been drawn to changing backgrounds and I believe I can really encapsulate the feeling of this scene with through this alternating background. Daniel owns a green screen and we will have a meeting this coming Wednesday to plan out the logistics for this particular element! It may not work, It may be a total visual fail from this perspective but I really don’t care, it’s the process not the result that I want in this project.

to be continued….. 🙂