Before we started shooting the film we wanted to define the role Transit\ion would have in the process. The Patua had written the script and were the main stars of the story (with cameos from us). To make a film collaboratively, acting as more than just a film crew, we wanted to have some creative input. The image shows the noticeboard we used to keep track of ideas. Below is a list of interventions we considered, some of which were implemented, others may be still used in future edits of the film.
Video- looped -different version of same scenes repeated
Composition/ structure of filming
Breaking up the play into scenes
Repetition of scenes
Change order of scenes
Prompter
Add a narrator
Add a character
Add things between scenes
Add another scene
Add sounds or sound effects- music?
Find locations
Props/ scenery
Film on location- ie. river
Costume
Pot/ paintings, how do we involve them?
Swap roles
Lighting
I'm struck by the formal nature of the possible interventions we suggested for the film. It somehow reflects my detachment from the script/narrative of the film written by the Patua. Most of the narrative is still a mystery to me. I would like to re-read the script again.
ReplyDeleteIt's as if we were working blind.
ReplyDeleteWe were working under pressure of the final exhibition and also having very little time for new ideas to settle...for new elements of the work (like the script) to be properly discussed and understood... This sort of project should be much longer.
ReplyDeleteI wonder though, whether we could have worked in a different way, the way that would give us more space to experiment, being able to spin around for a little while....without pushing forward?