#1 Possible Overlay - Annie Dillard; Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. - 06/10/14

I have begun to look into possible overlays for the film I hope to create later this year/next year.
During my reasearch I came across an extract from Annie Dillard's 'Pilgrim at Tinker Creek' after reading it over once I found that was a simplistic beauty to her words and the extract caused me to begin to imagine what the visuals would look like if I was to use this piece of literature.

“Think of a globe, a revolving globe on a stand. Think of a contour globe, whose mountain ranges cast shadows, whose continents rise in bas-relief above the oceans. But then: think of how it really is. These heights are just suggested; they’re there….when I think of walking across a continent I think of all the neighborhood hills, the tiny grades up which children drag their sleds. It is all so sculptured, three-dimensional, casting a shadow. What if you had an enormous globe that was so huge it showed roads and houses- a geological survey globe, a quarter of a mile to an inch- of the whole world, and the ocean floor! Looking at it, you would know what had to be left out: the free-standing sculptural arrangement of furniture in rooms, the jumble of broken rocks in the creek bed, tools in a box, labyrinthine ocean liners, the shape of snapdragons, walrus. Where is the one thing you care about in earth, the molding of one face? The relief globe couldn’t begin to show trees, between whose overlapping boughs birds raise broods, or the furrows in bark, where whole creatures, creatures easily visible, live our their lives and call it world enough. What do I make of all this texture? What does it mean about the kind of world in which I have been set down? The texture of the world, its filigree and scrollwork, means that there is a possibility for beauty here, a beauty inexhaustible in its complexity, which opens to my knock, which answers in me a call I do not remember calling, and which trains me to the wild and extravagant nature of the spirit I seek.”
― Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek

MGS - 3/10/14.

1. 'Imprisoned Paradise' - this has given me the idea of having a prose or poetry overlay. As well as this, the visuals are very pleasing to the eye and unique.

2. 'MOVE' - highly planned, many graphic matches as well as parrallel sound - edited to match the visual. Very quick cuts, choreographed. Centrally framed. Would need to consider actors positioned within the frame if I did this.

 

3. 'Travel Is' - Peoples perception of travel, promotional video. Quite raw footage of the moment. Peoples experiences.

4. What I need to remember is that my travel piece must have some form of narrative to promote, produce a poster and consider my audience.

5. Still explore the idea of the poetry or prose overlay. Look into whether or not I will be writing my own or taking extracts. Take poetry books to India, have the Indian children/men/women reading different cultural texts. I need to explore Indian poetry/texts.

6. Take footage out in India - what sort of footage do I want to take? Focusing on landscapes, townscapes, peoples places within them.

7. Experiment with the reading of the poetry.