Video.

VideoTreatment.
Title name - "Twilight"
Plot - Narrative
The plot consists of equiallibrium, disequallibrium and at the end the audience and characters are left with no closure. Therefore the window is left open for inferences and enigmas.
The plot follows one main character through his daily life and through his descent into insanity which leads to homicidal tendencies. The video is split into two different narrative strands. One is reality and the other is his imagination which is clearly visible through visual iconography as I change the saturation of the colours accordingly. Also, blended with this I will create different layers on top with fraction of a second difference between each layer to create a juddered reality.
The main character will be represented as a loner and virtual hermit. The audience does not get to know the character very well during the film and therefore they have to make their own assumptions about the state of depression into which the character sinks and these assumptions are quite stereotypical. Through the film I will only have non-diagetic sounds to indicate emotions and states of mind. Also, as well as this, the cinematography will be constructed to represent three different emotions. The camera will be held very steadily at first and a very smooth motion will be created to indicate that the world is moving around the character and this helps to connote his state of mind at this stage. Camera movement number two will consist of the camera being placed in a fixed position with the character moving through the shot to suggest loneliness and isolation for there will be nothing else in the shot except the solitary figure of this character. These shots will be very symmetrical like the shots from Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" and Daniel Boyle's "28 Days Later" intro and also will be reminiscent of "Trainspotting". The iconography will also help to anchor the emotions and the overall plot of the story as the colours will be very de-saturated signifying boredom and depression. As well as this the shots will be in very high contrast to suggest horror and enigma. The editing will be very subtle with fades in and fades out and also there will be juxtaposing of one scene.




For this video production we will be focusing on the main character. Emotion and feeling will be displayed through the cimematography relating to his state of mind, loneliness, depression and isolation. By using surrealist shots and steady motioned shots from the camera which will produce a very smooth flow with no jarring to use the environment
. One shot to create this will be done using an escalator and tripod in order to create this smooth motion
A shopping trolley and tripod will be used to create a world that revolves around the character as the character is not moving himself unlike a simple camera shot where the camera is pointed and the subject walks by the camera.
Another shot using a mirrored effect on the camera to create a surrealist picture
.A shot of a fuzzed out TV with extreme close ups to create the sense of loneliness and intensity
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