Oakley_L&J Film Briefs

 One Art, by Elizabeth Bishop:


This is going to be mostly audio of me reading the poem in an upbeat, carefree tone, while the camera slowly pans over and sometimes pauses on various small objects, such as tokens of memory, and textures, such as fabrics.  The video will be black and white.  There will be some shots of me off center and out of focus.






Hal:


I am going to make a black mass out of fabric that will symbolize my “shadow self,” which I will be leaving behind.  The black mass will be the computer voice and I will be breaking up with it, while filming it, so the video will be shot mostly from my perspective.  However, I will also include shots of myself as I am contemplating if I am making the right decision.

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