Okay, maybe I am a little full of myself, but I was taught that to be great you have to think that you have already achieved greatness. It might not make sense in english, but these words have motivated me through the toughest times. Anyway, since this is a film blog I wanted to introduce my work to the world. I gave this film to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts as part of a portfolio. I won't give the summary until you have watched it. I want to see what people think of it before i give it away. So here it is...
Hopefully you have watched the short before you read this part, if you haven't its your loss. The story begins with a girl contemplating suicide. Yea I know, you don't really know this at all due to the fact that there is no monologue that says this. So, she is cutting an orange when suddenly she cuts her finger. She looks at the blood in her hand and starts to think. That is when the music starts and we venture inside of her mind. In her mind we find her soul and if we listen to the music really closely, we find out that she is not happy living. Also the way her body moves is another clue to her dissatisfaction with life. She is dancing her around in her world when suddenly there are blackouts. She keeps on dancing, but these blackout keep on coming. The short comes near to an end and we finally see that there is a complete blackout. We venture out of the mind to find that the girl has killed herself! Gasp!
Now it is time to dive into the symbology. When a person comes close to death or is close to passing out, things start to get dark. I wanted to represent this in my film so I decided to use blackouts. The room was meant to be all white because I wanted it to represent innocence. The girl was innocent before bad thoughts came into her mind. Her soul, the dancing girl, was dark because she was corrupted. If it were up to me, at the end, I would have painted the room a darker color, but seeing that this was school property I didn't.
Even though the clip was like 2 minutes long, it took me a good 6-8 hours to edit it. I wanted things to go perfect so I would trash drafts I did of the short until I thought it to be worthy to show to the world. You can ask Ms. McClanahan,my ex-computer and design teacher, when I am unsatisfied with my work I will trash it and do it over until I like it. If you also noticed in the clip Talia is shaking, that is because I made her dance over and over until I thought I had great clips. I felt so bad, but I knew that she understood. I am still forever grateful to her because thanks to her and her comitment to this project I was accepted into the most competitive film school in the nation, and possibly the world.
Tisch School of the Arts Class of '13....YAY!
9 comments:
Juan, WOW! This is so cool--I'm going to watch it again now so I can look for the symbolism, etc. I love the blackouts, and the music. And Talia is just luminous. Maybe you can be the one to "discover"her! I hope you do more films and post them here.
PS can you write what that saying is about greatness, in Spanish?
I agree
.. that was a really cool film. Talia's dancing and expressions were perfect.
Oh, and I think my favorite oart was the way you dissected it and explained everything
... it gave me the chance to see the film ifrom two different perspectives.
You are very talented Juan. Good job. Just don't forget me when you rise to the top.
Oh and I also think the fact that you look inside the girl's mind is pretty cool. How did you come up with the plot?
Well the saying was "para ser un triunfador tienes que pensar como si ya hubieras triunfado"...my mom would always tell me it....and I came up with the idea in school....i locked myself in Dr.Kelly's room and just starting throwing up my imagination : )
I loved this post because it was creative and unlike any of your others. I agree with Robin that the expressions were flawless. Great job with this post! <3
Juan, you locked yourself in my room??! Where was I?
Well, I'm glad it had an aura of inspiration for you :)
Yea, it was after school...it actually was very late after school...maybe like 5ish...but yea I just sat in there until I had an idea roll out of my ears...
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