Films with fairies and mythological creatures

There are many films in circulation that feature fairies and mythical creatures. the number could range in the hundreds. i have picked a few that i feel i might think about using in my upcoming idea development and also some of my favourites.

The first is 'Pans Labyrinth' directed by Guillermo del Toro and released in 2006.
the film is about a young girl in fascist Spain 1944 who is the step daughter of a sadistic army officer. she escapes into her own fantasy world.

There are many reasons why i have chosen this film: firstly it utilises the idea of the imagination and dreams. Also in the film when the young girl tries to tell the adults about her 'visions' and fantasies, they turn her away and tell her to grow up. This ties into a point of my earlier research that stated that the world of childhood fantasies are not accessable to adults.
secondly the main mythical creature (i am aware that there is a difference between the words mythological and mythical, in this case both could apply) is a faun. in myth the Faun was a creature that was half man and half goat (top half goat). the creature in the film known as Pan, is a friendly creature however it looks rather intimedating and scary. (right)

Other well known references to the Faun are: the narnia chronicles by C.S Lewis.

the Faun comes from ancient Greek and Roman Mythology, they were associated with forests and forest gods, and the Greek god was called Pan - like the film. other than this i do not know much about the origins of the creature. this will be something i will have to research further.


At this point i would like to stress that i am looking at creatures that as a university students with limited means i may be able to create. otherwise i'd be looking at things like Dragons.


the second film is 'Hook' directed by Steven Spielberg released in 1991. this film features Peter Pan as a grown up, returning to Neverland to save his children from the grips of Captain Hook. the film obviously features the fairy 'Tinkerbell' who in all literary versions of Peter Pan to my knowledge has been represented as a friendly fairy. This film is no different, however there is a scene where 'Tinkerbell' has a pretty impressive fight scene with a group of pirates which shows her to be very dangerous for a small creature.

The next film is 'The Lord of the Rings' Directed by Peter Jackson released in 2001. This film shows the creature known as the Troll (left). the Troll has only ever been shown in a bad light. as a very dangerous creature. The best reference to it in my knowledge is: The Grimm Brothers 'Billy goats gruff' with the troll under the bridge. other similar creatures include the 'Ogre'






I will look further into the Faun and the Troll to find out the origins and characteristics.

References:

Pans labyrinth faun - Google images [online] last accessed 18th December 2012 on https://www.google.co.uk/search?num=10&hl=en&safe=off&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=666&q=fauns&oq=fauns&gs_l=img.3..0l3j0i5j0i24l3j0i10i24l3.391.974.0.1119.5.5.0.0.0.0.102.367.4j1.5.0...0.0...1ac.1.TDM-IXtlHR0#hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&site=imghp&tbm=isch&q=pan%27s+labyrinth+faun&revid=224291262&sa=X&ei=gI3QUMuoLsK30QXFlIHQCg&ved=0CHgQgxY&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.Yms&fp=e0a3f6b714b94685&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=666&imgrc=http%253A%252F%252F2.bp.blogspot.com%252F-rYzGtI062j8%252FT51a3SXXSJI%252FAAAAAAAAABc%252FTx-kNMlq0Bo%252Fs1600%252Fpanslabyrinthfaun.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fdaylifebims.blogspot.com%252F2012%252F04%252Fpans-labyrinth-s-sexuality-question.html%3BII0vkVi3MbxnFM%3B4m6a7joH5UqmzM%3A%3B117494581454074646023%3B277%3B300

Lord of the rings troll - Google images [online] last accessed 18th December 2012 on https://www.google.co.uk/search?num=10&hl=en&safe=off&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=666&q=fauns&oq=fauns&gs_l=img.3..0l3j0i5j0i24l3j0i10i24l3.391.974.0.1119.5.5.0.0.0.0.102.367.4j1.5.0...0.0...1ac.1.TDM-IXtlHR0#hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&site=imghp&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=lord+of+the+rigns+troll&oq=lord+of+the+rigns+troll&gs_l=img.3...190136.193681.24.193860.24.17.0.6.6.0.111.1369.16j1.17.0...0.0...1c.1.KiDcUxD_uhc&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355534169,d.Yms&fp=e0a3f6b714b94685&bpcl=40096503&biw=1280&bih=666&imgrc=http%253A%252F%252Fimages3.wikia.nocookie.net%252F__cb20101218100435%252Flotr%252Fimages%252F8%252F88%252FCtrol.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Flotr.wikia.com%252Fwiki%252FTrolls%3B6QkFhc8EBNsmUM%3BpAFK068ijhPO4M%3A%3B117494581454074646023%3B527%3B354

Imdb - [online] last accessed on 18th December 2012 on http://www.imdb.com/

Colours and Emotional Response

I have decided to look into different colours and their associated meanings in terms of emotional responses.

I tried a quick ‘Google’ search, i entered “Colours and emotion” the first website I found was: http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html

Just as a side note everything below is copied and pasted from the website mentioned above, none of it is in my own words. this is because the website is not a reliable source of information and was only used as a starting point to further research.

Which said:

(Mostly paraphrased / copy & pasted)

Red 

Red is the colour of fire and blood, so it is associated with energy, war, danger, strength, power, determination as well as passion, desire, and love.

It raises blood pressure and respiration rate. It also has a high visibility and should therefore be used to bring things into focus and the foreground.

Light red represents joy, sexuality, passion, sensitivity, and love

Pink signifies romance, love, and friendship. It denotes feminine qualities and passiveness

Dark red is associated with vigor, willpower, rage, anger, leadership, courage, longing, malice, and wrath.

Brown suggests stability and denotes masculine qualities.

Orange  

Orange combines the energy of red and the happiness of yellow. It is associated with joy, sunshine, and the tropics. Orange represents enthusiasm, fascination, happiness, creativity, determination, attraction, success, encouragement, and stimulation.

Humans perceive orange as a very hot colour so it should be used to give the sensation of heat, but it is not an aggressive colour like red.

Dark orange can mean deceit and distrust.

Red-orange corresponds to desire, sexual passion, pleasure, domination, aggression, and thirst for action

Gold evokes the feeling of prestige. The meaning of gold is illumination, wisdom, and wealth. Gold often symbolizes high quality.

Yellow

Yellow is the color of sunshine. It's associated with joy, happiness, intellect, and energy.

Yellow produces a warming effect, arouses cheerfulness, stimulates mental activity, and generates muscle energy

Dull (dingy) yellow represents caution, decay, sickness, and jealousy.
Light yellow is associated with intellect, freshness, and joy

Green 

Green is the color of nature. It symbolizes growth, harmony, freshness, and fertility. Green has strong emotional correspondence with safety. Dark green is also commonly associated with money. It is the most restful color for the human eye; it can improve vision. Green suggests stability and endurance.

Dark green is associated with ambition, greed, and jealousy.
Yellow-green can indicate sickness, cowardice, discord, and jealousy.
Aqua is associated with emotional healing and protection.
Olive green is the traditional color of peace.

Blue

Blue is the color of the sky and sea. It is often associated with depth and stability. It symbolizes trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven.

Blue is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect. Blue is strongly associated with tranquility and calmness.

Blue is a masculine color; according to studies, it is highly accepted among males. Dark blue is associated with depth, expertise, and stability;

Light blue is associated with health, healing, tranquility, understanding, and softness.
Dark blue represents knowledge, power, integrity, and seriousness

Purple 

Purple combines the stability of blue and the energy of red. Purple is associated with royalty. It symbolizes power, nobility, luxury, and ambition. It conveys wealth and extravagance. Purple is associated with wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery, and magic.

According to surveys, almost 75 percent of pre-adolescent children prefer purple to all other colors. Purple is a very rare color in nature; some people consider it to be artificial.

Light purple evokes romantic and nostalgic feelings.
Dark purple evokes gloom and sad feelings. It can cause frustration.

White

White is associated with light, goodness, innocence, purity, and virginity. It is considered to be the color of perfection

White means safety, purity, and cleanliness. As opposed to black, white usually has a positive connotation. White can represent a successful beginning. In heraldry, white depicts faith and purity.

Black

Black is associated with power, elegance, formality, death, evil, and mystery.

Black is a mysterious color associated with fear and the unknown (black holes). It usually has a negative connotation (blacklist, black humor, 'black death'). Black denotes strength and authority; it is considered to be a very formal, elegant, and prestigious color (black tie, black Mercedes). In heraldry, black is the symbol of grief.

Black gives the feeling of perspective and depth, but a black background diminishes readability. A black suit or dress can make you look thinner. When designing for a gallery of art or photography, you can use a black or gray background to make the other colors stand out. Black contrasts well with bright colors. Combined with red or orange – other very powerful colors – black gives a very aggressive color scheme.

Although this might be a good start to research into colour and emotion, i cannot say for sure that this website is a reliable source of information which is why i have copied and pasted the information and paraphrased. So in the near future i am going to be looking for an academic text that goes into detail about colours and emotional responses specifically in film, and if possible fantasy film.

Colour meaning - [online] last accessed 30th December 2012 on http://www.color-wheel-pro.com/color-meaning.html

'Room 237'

Ok.... I’ve just been to see ‘Room 237’ a documentary about the underlying themes of ‘The Shining’. My first reaction was that this film along with all the underlying films is a major mind fu.... brain teaser.

It starts off by talking about how the Shining has the underlying theme of the Holocaust in 1942, fair enough in my eyes. The type writer is a German brand that shows the symbol of an eagle the symbol of the Nazis, then throughout the hotel there are pictures and statues of the eagle, on people’s clothes etc.  Then how the number 42 keeps appearing, again on people’s clothes, and 42 cars in the car park at the beginning, the blood in the elevator represents the blood of the Jews and the joke of how the family brought too much luggage to the hotel which represents the luggage the Jews gave up and that represents their identities... with me so far??

Then it goes on to say how the film is also Kubrick’s confession and story of how he faked the Apollo moon landing. Evidence includes: the little boy wearing am Apollo 11 jumper and the carpet is the exact same layout as the Apollo launch station. Also the film tells the story of Kubrick’s secrecy from his wife while he was filming the ‘Landing’. In the shining the father writes and his wife works the hotel she has no idea what he is writing as he is very secretive and evasive of the subject and then she is horrified when she finds out. This can be said for the relationship between Kubrick and his wife. Then it goes deeper, the distance from earth to the moon is 237,000 miles, (237) the room in the film was apparently changed from the book which was 217, coincidence? Another interesting twist 2 x 3 x 7 = 42

Then it goes on further to compare the film to the myth of the Minotaur in the labyrinth. Jack represents the Minotaur and his son is the man who had to retrace his steps with a rope in order to escape as the little boy does in the MAZE at the end of the film... I believe it was Persious in the myth. Also the hotel itself is laid out in a very odd way. During the scenes where the little boy is seen riding his bike around the hotel the physical layout of the hotel is continuality wrong. The boy takes turns right and left and the things in the hotel such as the lobby appear on the left when they should be on the right even though we can see where they should be in relation to the boy and his route and elevator placements.... this is where it gets confusing without visual aids it’s hard to explain, either way the point is that the hotel is deliberately made to be confusing as to represent the labyrinth. The whole point of this is to show that the best way to move forward and survive is to retrace our steps and look at the past mistakes so we know where to go, also this is made clearer by flash backs of past events throughout the film. Another thing is that the maze wasn’t in the book it was added specifically for the film.

Other smaller ones are to do with Kubrick giving King the finger metaphorically. There is a scene where we see a red beetle car crushed by a lorry. In the book jack drove a red beetle car but in the film it’s yellow. This imagery is apparently to say “F you Stephen King this is my version”. There are some references to sexual imagery, the obvious being the naked woman in the bath to the more obscure pattern of the carpets which could be seen as a penis entering a vagina... (Sorry i couldn’t think of a subtle way to put that).

Overall my main reaction is “OH MY GOD” it’s hard to imagine that all this was thought of by one man or whether it is all just coincidence. But it has made me ponder the idea that there could be or should be more to films than just the pretty images we see on screen, perhaps i should start trying to consider underlying themes rather than the obvious one given to the audience. For my idea i think I will most definitely attempt an under lying theme, perhaps a message that i feel very strongly about....

Watch this space and see what happens.

The Stolen Child - William Butler Yeats

WHERE dips the rocky highland
Of Sleuth Wood in the lake,
There lies a leafy island
Where flapping herons wake
The drowsy water rats;
There we've hid our faery vats,
Full of berrys
And of reddest stolen cherries.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

Where the wave of moonlight glosses
The dim gray sands with light,
Far off by furthest Rosses
We foot it all the night,
Weaving olden dances
Mingling hands and mingling glances
Till the moon has taken flight;
To and fro we leap
And chase the frothy bubbles,
While the world is full of troubles
And anxious in its sleep.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

Where the wandering water gushes
From the hills above Glen-Car,
In pools among the rushes
That scarce could bathe a star,
We seek for slumbering trout
And whispering in their ears
Give them unquiet dreams;
Leaning softly out
From ferns that drop their tears
Over the young streams.
Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.

Away with us he's going,
The solemn-eyed:
He'll hear no more the lowing
Of the calves on the warm hillside
Or the kettle on the hob
Sing peace into his breast,
Or see the brown mice bob
Round and round the oatmeal chest.
For he comes, the human child,
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than he can understand.

this is the full version of the poem that was chanted by the fairies in the Torchwood episode 'Small Worlds' 

I think this is a very powerful poem set in the Scottish Highlands. My reading and understanding is that it is a story of the ‘fairy’ or ‘faery’ (old English spelling) that takes a human child away from its home to a magical, beautiful land. From the line “for the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand” suggests that the fairy takes the child away to protect it from the horrors of the world and that it promises that the child will live a happy life if it travels with the fairy.
Although this may suggest the best intentions, The title of the Poem and from research into fairies that hints that they abducted human children, could draw us to the conclusion that the fairy is tricking the child into travelling with it and the child is too young and naive to know any better. Looking at the poem in this light it is actually very haunting in that regard, in a way the poem twists meeting a fairy from being a magical moment to quite a scary one.

It is starting to appear that all the literary ideas of fairies being friendly might actually be false and that they were more dangerous than we might want to believe when we were children.

The Stolen child - William Butler Yeats - [online] last accessed 18th December on http://www.online-literature.com/yeats/816/

Fairy and Folklore research

Jacqueline Simpson and Steve roud. 2000.               Oxford dictionary of English folklore.                 Oxford university press.

(Mostly paraphrased)

Fairy

The European version of the fairy stems mainly from the Celtic areas of Scotland, Wales and Ireland. But has mainly been shown through literary representations, such as stories and plays. The term fairy is a rather loose word referring to a:

Non-human yet material beings with magical powers.

It is said that some had the ability to switch between visible and invisible at will. Some could even change shape, some could fly, and mainly they lived in natural areas such as forests, rivers and underground. Many were believed to be friendly and brought luck and good fortune to people. However there were some that believed these fairies to be pranksters and even minor demons that were a threat to passers, they were blames for causing many sicknesses and even stealing human babies.

This book states that fairies can be divided into two categories ‘social fairies’ that live in communities and groups and are usually friendly. While the second were the “bogey/ Bogart” type who often haunted open spaces. However there are those who would argue that certain apparitions termed as fairies are in fact completely separate species and that the overall generic term for the race is “elf”

The church insisted that all such creatures could only be demonic. But later the Christian church they were referenced them in a way that made them morally ambiguous, neither siding with God or Lucifer. In Cornwall they were believed to be a type of Angel:

“Too good for hell, but too bad for heaven”

So they were thrown to earth to live where they landed.
Many times people claiming they had unusually powers said they were given them by fairies.

Fairy land

Beliefs involving fairies often portray a world running very close to our own where fairies live, usually underground that humans cannot see or reach. Some humans could get there by accident or be invited or abducted. The fairy land is said to be a beautiful heaven like place.  

all the other books mentioned in my previous post turned out to be irrellevant to my research.

The information i have here is good, it confirms the use of evil fairies in the Torchwood episode and gives me the option of using evil fairies in my idea (when i get one) without it being a direct copy of this episode.

I am starting to think that i will set my idea in a wooded area or forest - this would allow me to incorperate fairies and maybe even other mythical/ folklorish creatures into my idea.

CPR woodwork session

In the last Session of creative project realisation, we did an introduction into the woodwork workshop. we were introduced to a few power and hand tools including: Power drill and jigsaw.
i really enjoyed this session and it has sparked a curiosity of mine and now i really want to try my hand in set building, design and prop making.

after the session i spoke with the workshop technician and he advised me on a book called "The Complete Manual of Woodworking- AlbertJackson"
I'm going to look into getting this book online as a reference for any future work i will be doing.

Next research stage

I have decided to continue looking into the idea of fairies. To start with i am going to look into fairies in history, hopefully i'll find out where the concept of fairies started and how to has developed.

To do this i have found some books which i think will help:

• Oxford dictionary of English Folklore - Jacqueline Simpson and Steve Roud
• Giants, Monsters and Dragons an Encyclopedia of Folklore, legend and myth - Carol Rose
• The Fairy Tale, the magic mirror of imagination - Steve Swann Jones 
• Explore Folklore - Bob Trubshaw
• Myth a very short introduction - Robert A. Segal

with these books i am hoping that at least one will lead me on the right lines to finding out where fairies started and how they developed in film and fantasy. 

lesson notes - role of producer

the role of a producer is:

• To turn story ideas into profitable cinematic entertainment and to convince others to share in their creative vision.

• The producer is often the first person to become involved in a project.

• Producers need an extensive knowledge of cinematic narrative and a thorough understanding of all the creative processes of filmmaking

• Producers are ultimately accountable for the success of a finished film. 

Things a producer should consider:

health and safety:

• risk assessments
• actors around equipment
• children - chaperones
• weapons - do you need experts? choreographers?
• animals - handlers
• generators - reliable sources, people trained to use them
• cost

 actors:

• most of the above
• Pay
• Warmth
• Food
• Shelter

Location:

• where is easily accessable?
• where is closer?
• where is most cost effective?
• does it look like it says in the script? if not... Does it have to? or can something be changed? e.g. lighting... script says jungle, could you use a forest? - think about the context of the location in the script. how important is it?
• public - have you told who you need to?

A producer always needs ti think of things in a legal sense as well. for example..... you want to film a public panic...

Q - is it better to hire extras or simply cause a public panic and film it?

A - Causing a public panic is illegal. you can put people at risk and you may get charged with: disruption of the peace, reckless endangerment of the public and if weapons are involved: carrying firearms with intent to cause fear. 

Another example. In 'Kes' the child had to be upset over a dead bird, so the director switched the live bird they had been using (which the child had become attached to) for a similar looking dead bird. the resulting performance from the child was very realistic. however... was this ethically correct?? 

Chapter – fantasy, childhood and entertainment

Further research into

Walters, J (2011)    Fantasy film a critical introduction.      Oxford: Bloomsbury publishing  

Chapter – fantasy, childhood and entertainment (Mostly Paraphrased)

A big strand of fantasy fiction films features a strong relationship with the concept of childhood. The image of childhood as been consistent throughout the history and development of the fantasy genre.

Cazy bazalgette and David Buckingham:
childhood is recognised as another world, one which we have all visited but can now only access through memories. To most adults the essence of childhood is somewhat mysterious and magical and we can only recapture it through our imagination.

This claim has particular power within the study of fantasy and childhood. The description of childhood being mysterious and magical implies that it is entirely unknowable and therefore an ungraspable concept to adults. So much so that the concept resides outside our conscious adult minds and therefore stays out of reach the more we strive to understand it or recapture it.

(This implies that childhood fantasies are only available to adults in an unconscious state... perhaps dreams?) - perhaps the concept of dreams needs to be looked at...

Next research stage

I've just watched an episode of Torchwood - which is a Dr Who spin off. and in this episode the story was about faries that choose a human child to become on of there own... or to go and live with them and be their oracle or something along those lines.
Whenever the Human child was threatened the faries would exact revenge on anyone that would do the child harm. they also killed anyone who found out that they existed or saw them.

In my opinion Faires are the biggest fantasy element that exists, examples can be taken from stories such as Peter Pan. And the belief in Faries is something that alot of children have.
I like the twist that was added in this episode and i think i will look into the mythology of faries and see if i can find out more about their history and where they came from.

i also think that i will want to add the idea of evil faries into my piece... we'll see.

(Picture from the Torchwood episode)

I am also wanting to read two more chapters of James Walters 'Fantasy film, a critical introduction' these are:

• fantasy, childhood and entertainment
• fantasy, imagination and interiority

I think these chapters will lead to some good information, hopefully about faries and even some insight into the power of the human imagination.

Research

I've Started my research. I have decided to research fantasy film, focussing on the scope of the human mind and imagination. I have started by reading:

Walters, J (2011)    Fantasy film a critical introduction.      Oxford: Bloomsbury publishing  

this is what i understood from the introduction, (mostly paraphrased) 

Fantasy itself is such a broad term that it can be applied to the majority of Hollywood cinema today. So much so that there are not really any known or understood parameters or generic elements of the fantasy genre.
The problem being that trying to provide a definitive answer to “what is fantasy?” the answer can become so broad as to include almost every fiction film that we conceive or so narrow that it excludes films that genuinely belong in that category. One way of coping with an ever illusive answer is to do away with the term fantasy all together and to embrace its tendency to appear in works of horror, sci-fi, comedy and most other genres of Hollywood cinema.

Although we might be tempted to say that any fictional film can be read as a fantasy. It has also become a common practise to recognise certain moments within film consciously as fantasy, simply by recognising them as “out of the ordinary” from the natural to the supernatural. When watching a fictional film we are presented with circumstances that could occur within our own realities. When faced with a fantasy film however we are conscious that we are being shown a series of events that, according to the rules of reasonable logic, could never happen within our realities.

From here i think i'll look into things that are recognised or expected to appear in fantasy

Group exercise

We were put into groups last week. the group member i am working with are: Joeley Beckett, Aaron....., Stella......, Robin...... and rob........  (the dots mean i don't know their second names) we had a group meeting yesterday about the brief we were given which was to: write a short 2 minute film idea on the subject of uncanny, the film must involve fire and spurting blood. this is our film idea

The setting is a girl of 18’s room at night, the only light source are some fairy lights (and this is established by a l/s of the room with the girl asleep?????). M/S of girl’s face and shoulders as she wakes up peacefully. The reason she awakens is she can hear a noise coming from her mirror. The girl gets up and approaches the mirror, as seen pov from mirror’s perspective. The camera tracks up her body edited with flashes of muddy identical feet, hands and eventually her face. There is something wrong with the way the muddy version’s extremities are positioned. Over the shoulder shot of the girl, we see her muddy doppelganger in the mirror. Everything is exactly as it is in the girl’s world but in the mirror world everything around the doppelganger is on fire but she doesn’t seem alarmed. She mirrors the girl exactly but with odd, jerky movements. From an aerial shot we see the girl reach toward the mirror and from a side view we see the doppelganger mirror her but with jerky movement, as if something isn’t quite right in the mirrorverse. When the girls hand connects with the mirror, the surface ripples and the girl withdraws her hand quickly in shock. A c/u of the mirror reveals mirrorverse girl’s face, lighting in the mirror flickers over her face reflected from the fire around her. Her mouth opens in a silent scream. Jump cut to the reverse shot of the girl whose face becomes splattered with blood and reverse shot to the mirrorverse girls whose mouth remains open whilst blood pours down her chin. A shot from over the girls shoulder as she turns her head away from the mirror to wipe the blood from her face reveals the mirrorverse her to be moving independently of her origin. She moves jerkily toward the mirror. Only the audience can see her moving as the protagonist is facing away from the mirror. Cut to a stop trick of the mirror which shows the mirror then suddenly a hand reaching through it. The stop - trick is to create a sense of unreal speed and jerkiness from the mirrorverse self as she tries to get through the mirror to grab her counterpart. C/U of the girl gasping for breath and the dirty fingernails of the mirrorverse self marking her neck. Cut back to first m/s of girl’s face and shoulders that's shown as she awakens but this time with a gasp instead of peacefully, revealing her still marked neck.

END.


Helloooo

Hello all, i'm Joe and this will essentially be my research blog for CPR (creative project realisation - not the thing that helps people to breath)
So today we got told what we'd be doing for the year... basically we i have to research a topic i.e. genre or film related... thing that i'm interested in, then use that to inspire a film idea which we will then present at the end of the module...

My first reaction... i'm pretty exited now i understand what it is i'll be doing. Not sure what i'll research yet though, i'm interested in a lot of things such as: horror, action, sci fi. recently i have started thinking deeply into the realms of human imagination and the power of human imagination and how imagination is limitless, this goes deeper into dreams and the reality around us and the whole what is real debate. so maybe that might be a good place to start??

We've also been assigned our groups for the in lesson projects. I'm working with Joeley, Stella, Robin, Rob and Aaron. we've decided on using my idea for the first project - A girl is standing looking into a mirror, she is wearing a white dress and her hair is tied behind her head. however the reflection is the same girl in a demonic world, her hair is wet and in front of her face, she is pale. her dress is black and she has dirt covering her skin. blood is pouring out of her mouth and behind her a fire is blazing. she then reaches through the mirror and tries to pull the girl in the white dress through. the girl then wakes up on her bed, wearing the same white dress, however she is covered in blood.

So... watch this space and see what happens

bye for now :-)