Final Timed-writing

Student number: 0557068
Name: JoJo
Date: Jun.21.2007
Timed-writing 3

Direction: If you were to create a filmed advertisement (a “trailer"  for a movie based on the The Grass-Eaters, which scene would you select? Why? Discuss ways in which you might film the scene. (100%)

I would like to choose the scene when Ajit is sitting in an abandoned wagon with his wife.

From this scene, firstly, the audience could through the appearance of the two characters to figure out how poor they are. And from the place they live, an abandoned wagon, the poorness of our main characters would leave an even deeper impression on our audience. This could be a relatively shock to our audience who are living in the metropolis, because of the huge difference of the living standard between our audience and our characters. Through this way can we draw the attention and curiosity of the audience, and thus attract them to the cinema.

Another reason is that in this scene they are quarrelling. The man, with only one ear and one leg and in the shabbiest clothes, continues closing and opening the door and the window, saying to his wife contently:” See, they could be opened and closed!Oh, it’s like heave.” Beside him, the wife is sitting there without and word, feeling depressed. When the man goes near to wife, flirts with her and asks to make sex with her, shouts the woman suddenly,” I don’t want to my child born in this wagon!” She broke out emotionally. And I believe this sudden emotional conflict between our two characters could also draw the audience’s attention, from the angel of emotions. They probably want to know why his wife all at once gets sick of this kind of life and will their life get better, after they realized they should not live like this any more. To call the audience’s curiosity is the most important purpose a filmed trailer should serve. And I believe the scene I select cloud serve this purpose perfectly.

Now let’s come to the way I will film the scene. At the very beginning, the movie camera should be high above in the sky, far from the wagon. The picture should see like this: Everything is in quiet. In a large desolate space stand a rusted wagon alone. The window of the wagon opens and closes. But a hand, which opens the window, can be seen. Then let the camera get near to the wagon, the hand. And from the hand, a man with a dirty face and only one ear is seen. He’s smiling, saying to his wife” See, they could be opened and closed. Oh, it’s like heave.” Then turn the camera to his wife. She only sits there with no reaction, around her is nothing could be called furniture. The man gets ear to the woman, asking sex. Suddenly, the quiet is broken. The woman shouted desperately:” I don’t want my child born here!” She started to choke with sobs. The man is standing there at a loss. The scene gets again quiet. Only the window is opening and closing because of the wind….

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