Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Film writeup
Thanks everyone for the input. I agree with the film noir style. and i'm pretty sure i'm going to change the movie yet again just cause i'm one of those people who never can make up their mind. not too drastically though for there will still be an intensely dramatic fight between a couple only the only person who dies is the protagonist for he wants to become a martyr for his religeon, christianity. Hopefully this will bring up some debate whether or not faith is the correct show of who is right and wrong and also how religion can be used as a weapon to gain either money or power. In the middle of the fight scene i will have the actors suddenly break character - yanking the audience out of their suspension of disbelief (so to speak). MY reasons for this are so the viewer questions what they are watching itself and to learn to view things for what they really are. i know i'm not done with the script and all yet but i just am not that fast at writing scripts. It'll be done soon though.
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yup, i'm glad you are going with a film noir style. as far as having the actors break character, i feel like i need more details about what they will do and why. the story seems crazy right now, but it will probably make more sense when you have a script. it seems like the overall idea is to make the viewer question, and especially question their religion and their motives behind their religion. this is a tough mood to create without being written off as sloppy, especially when the characters break character. would it make your viewers question more if the actors never broke character?
ReplyDeleteCompliments:
ReplyDelete-I think your decision for a new stylistic direction is a good one. I'm excited to see what experimental shots you will come up with.
-I am intrigued by your addition of religion coming into play although evidence of it unapparent in your first posted idea, and is vague and unsupported in your second post.
Criticisms:
-I am unclear about the visual imagery such as costumes and settings.
-I understand the idea of the husband's misconceptions overtaking his emotions yet I don't understand how you will display them. I liked the idea of different lighting to convey different emotions. I think it should really be pushed so that the color takes of the scene completely, especially if they will be rapid changing shots.
I like the idea of trying to control the pushing and pulling in of audience with the character breaking idea, but it might take away fron your film.Your idea is intense which is a different direction from your earlier work.
ReplyDeleteMy biggest concern is how the martyr of the character will be handled.
What's going on that causes the character to be martyred? Does he/she volunteer to be martyred to set an example or does he/she die by force?