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Sadow puppet pitch

In this film, we want to recreate the allegory of the cave by Plato, using mainly shadow puppets. The allegory of the cave is a metaphor for reflective thinking and the journey an individual must take in order to reach that way of thought. Shadow puppets of prisoners in a cave will be shown with flickering light behind them. The only world these people know is that of the shadows they see before them. They are created from what goes on directly outside the cave. Chains prevent their heads from looking back to see what is creating these shadows, but for them it is irrelevant. These people believe shadows are the real world and that is exactly what we want to portray, a two dimensional word made of shadows that show exactly how these people experienced life. There is a point where one of the prisoners breaks free and ventures out into the sunlight. He is finally able to experience life as it should be and now pities the ignorant prisoners for what they do not know. The 2D shadow world will transform to real life when the prisoner breaks free. Only then will he be shown as a real person in a true environment.

Superstar write up

Todd Hayne's Superstar is about the life of Karen Carpenter and her struggles with anorexia. This film flips back and forth between real life videos and a made up doll world to tell her story. His use of props and their surroundings draw the viewer in to this recreated world. Amazing! The multiple filming styles seem to meld together to create this one of a kind biography of Karen Carpenter. This girl became infatuated with having a thin figure after a columnist wrote about her being chubby in an article. After that, she spent her time avoiding food and taking ex-lax. Her physical health became so bad that she actually collapsed on stage. She tried getting treatment but even that didn't last long. She found a different approach to staying thin which ended in her death at the age of 32.

Maya Deren's Meshes of the Afternoon write up

In this experimental piece, a woman is shown walking to her home. She encounters a man but continues to walk to her house, where she falls asleep in a chair. There are repeated scenes of the woman watching the same scene over and over with symbolic items such as a key, a knife, a flower, and a telephone. The scenes progress in intensity each time finally showing the woman killing her sleeping self. I think the film illustrates a woman's dreamlike interpretations of the incident she recently encountered.

Location and Talent Photos

Sax's bedroom

Dr. Bloom's office