Synopsis:
A Plate of Scrambled Eggs
Made by: Abdulaziz M B S Alessa, Xuefei Li, William Mollard, Yichi Zhang
The newlyweds, the happy family, everything is supposed to be fine, however, the young wife dies naked in the bedroom, the husband’s disappearance, the nude body, the fallen candlestick, the wife’s disappearing scarf, who murdered this young lady? and what is the relationship between all this and the sudden disappearance of her husband… and other strange clues all make for a suspenseful story. This is a true crime documentary based on a true case. Here, you will see the truth of this case through our lens.
Creator Reflections:
William Mollard:
Our project is a short documentary style video that looks at the script ‘A Case of Scrambled Eggs’ from the 1955 crime club radio show. We have an emphasis on re-enactments of the crime as well as insightful commentary with a retrospective look at the primary suspect and the evidence of the case. When combined the elements create a fast paced documentary more suited to a modern true crime audience.
XueFei Li:
In this documentary-style true-crime video, we very boldly experimented with the style of re-enactment in our narrative. And we also through the investigation and analysis of the relationship between the characters in the case and my personality restore the real process as much as possible. In the process of making this video, I gained invaluable experience on how to make true crime documentaries and how to make documentary-style films that are both logical and have rich plots. There is also a greater understanding of how to tell and present the same story from multiple perspectives or even multiple timelines.
Yichi Zhang:
Our final product is a true crime documentary, and I think one of the best things we did throughout the production was the narrative approach to the documentary, we referenced classic documentaries like The Staircase and The Thin Blue Line, and throughout the filming process showed more real evidence and emphasised on the restoration of the crime scene, as well as footage of the prisoner’s trial, which made for a much more realistic approach to the narrative. The most emotional and dramatic narratives come from reality rather than fiction, and true crime stories, especially those that end in trial, have an inherent narrative cohesion (Bruzzi, 2016).
Reference:
- Bruzzi, S. (2016). Making a genre: the case of the contemporary true crime documentary. Law and Humanities, 10(2), 249–280. https://doi.org/10.1080/17521483.2016.1233741