Portrait of place - Project

Ideas and inspiration for our final piece were sourced from various media extracts. For example, I thought back to the 'No Country For Old Men' opening sequence and really enjoyed the cinematography that was used. I felt as if the huge, wide landscaped shots would work effectively in our own project.

Initially i thought upon the idea of a person running/escaping from something, perhaps himself. We weren't too sure upon how to expand upon that until my partner, James came up with the idea of using the original idea to further create a contrast between a person in an empty space i.e. the countryside, where it's vast, open and lonely. We then further built upon that idea by creating a sense of enigma to disorientate the viewer, and further make the audience question what's actually happening on screen - for example what or who is the main protagonist running away from? Has he delved into madness? Etc.

The non-linear narrative in my opinion appears to have been proven successful; by using contrasts between nature and the main protagonist, as well as a variety of camera shots.

These two shots are just an example of what helped inspired us