allow me to introduce the star of my project...
his name is geoff. he is a gnome. he is small, but do not doubt him: he will beat ur ass.he's beating mine.
b/c as photogenic as he seems right now, his lucid charm and stifling wit are quite difficult to capture on film. allow me to demonstrate in exhibits A, B, and C:
he's looking kinda blurry, isn't he?anyway, i came home from a meeting with a living wage comrade, and the sunset was so beautiful -- this bright orange creamsicle strip floating above a blueberry horizon -- i just had to photograph it. and then i recalled my assignment, and how funny it must've looked to outsiders to see me pressed against my window, so intently documenting this transitory moment.
then i looked up at the window pane, where my gnomes reside, and thot, "well, this could be a compelling filmic opportunity."
and why not? Hitchcock used his actors as props, being of such strong directorial mind and firm vision that he didn't want them to interfere with his artistic vision of what the film should be. he crafted his story boards down to the last detail, and merely used his actors to bring them to life.
seeing as how i'm on a Hitchcock kick as of late, i thot it synthetic to try the Hitchcock method myself...
only problem is, i don't have a narrative as of yet. i'm still waiting for a flash of creative inspiration. unfortunately, my media aesthetics class will not permit non-narrative films. boo.
i only have fleeting ideas. some involving a gnome 10x his size. maybe some death. maybe some ghosts. maybe some use of exhibit B (above).
maybe you can help me? what should geoff do? what should happen to my tiny friend? what kind of things can happen to a contemplative gnome who enjoys watching sunsets? what happens when the sun disappears completely?
any ideas? any suggestions? what shld happen to geoff and how should that look?
perhaps i'm more of an Altman than a Hitchcock...
-stephan!e
4 comments:
A ha!
Get to pull what people pull on me all the time!
"Um, didn't I see you at Kofenya tonight with some random guy???"
;)
Hey, give me a call sometime. Sorry if I seemed out of it this afternoon, btw.
well, if by some random guy, you mean Justin, yes.
or was that some ironic comment on the weirdness of seeing fellow bloggers out n about in the Oxford township?
liked the hat, p.s.
;-)
-stephanie
Lol, chica, you and I are it blog-wise, beyond the drunken chach and chachbait realm of MySpace, LiveJournal, and the narcisistic realm of Facebook.
Er...both.
:)
haha, true, true. i love it when university students consider facebook journaling a real journalistic effort. there's more than u can possible imagine.
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