A lot of changes have been made to our group project. While we loved the idea of four concepts, we found it difficult to tie them together and find/write a script. We still wanted to use natural landscapes and make a moody experimental video. Instead of acting and dialogue, we decided to use one actor with a voice over, atmos and maybe some music in the background.

We researched many poems on the free poetry websites and struggled to find one that fit our vision. We wanted it to be something meaningful and emotive. After a few days we decided to go with Elizabeth Jennings’, ‘In memory of anyone unknown to me’. This poem is almost too perfect for us, as we intend to only use one actress.

In Memory of Anyone Unknown to Me by Elizabeth Jennings
At this particular time I have no one
Particular person to grieve for, though there must
Be many, many unknown ones going to dust
Slowly, not remembered for what they have done
Or left undone. For these, then, I will grieve
Being impartial, unable to deceive.How they lived, or died, is quite unknown,
And, by that fact gives my grief purity–
An important person quite apart from me
Or one obscure who drifted down alone.
Both or all I remember, have a place.
For these I never encountered face to face.

Sentiment will creep in. I cast it out
Wishing to give these classical repose,
No epitaph, no poppy and no rose
From me, and certainly no wish to learn about
The way they lived or died. In earth or fire
They are gone. Simply because they were human, I admire.

The story board is yet to be completed but progress has been made. We want to include a scene indoors and this might be the intro and ending. We want our actress to be on the floor, looking in a broken mirror and combing her hair. The scene fades as a hand covers her face. We then switch to a forest where shes running and once again hands reach for her feet. We want the hands to represent the people unknown to her, who she keeps thinking about. Then cut to sunset and hands cover her ears, complete silence. For audio, there will be a voice over, atmos, and perhaps a slow melancholic song( at a very low volume).
More progress to come…