Jessica

After some deep contemplation I recalled a short story that I've always been fascinated by. Hence, The Secret Dog (written by Peter Cameron), became the basis for my next project. I choose a very specific scene from it and decided to recreate it using... film. What else? Furthermore, I decided to shoot it silent movie style, with all of the dialog on still frames in between certain shots.

The story and the silent movie both emphasize the akward, stilted nature of the interaction. The scene is about namelessness and desperation.

Technically...I don't like it. For some reason, even though I used the same camera as before the quality is a lot lower. Like significantly a lot. This is probably because the lighting is very limited. I will probably redo it in the next week. Also, at the moment I'm missing the last two shots simply because everyone was tired and we wanted to stop. I've put up some screen shots from what I have so far.

At the moment I haven't decided it I want it to be silent silent like Nosferatu or with a song playing in the background like some of the other "silent" movies. We shall see.