Initial Ideas - Space, Place and History



The brief of the task immediately made me think of something that we may create incorporating different eras and ages but using this concept of place to unify and link a spread of generations.
I feel that the context of history and a space gives us the opportunity to expand our project as we may incorporate historical iconographic elements such as costume and props however setting may be more difficult to dress up in a historical way.

I do however feel that the setting and mise en scene may remain the same as presented from present day to this view of the past as long as all other elements are executed well. I immediately wanted to use 1st person POV to present a filmic piece as it would really allow the audience an opportunity to invest in our work and experience it first-hand.

Influence

I was influenced by Kanye West's music video for 'All Falls Down'.


via GIPHY

The combination of Kanye West's character storytelling with the first person visuals makes for a great marriage as the subject's circumstances become extremely apparent as the narrative unfolds both sonically and visually.


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