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Jennifer Cheng
June 21, 2007
Timed-Writing Three
Directions: If you were to create a filmed advertisement (a “trailer&rdquo
for a movie based on The Grass-Eaters, which scene would you select? Why? Discuss ways in which you might film the scene. (100%)
If I were to create a filmed advertisement for the movie based on The Grass-Easters, I would choose two scenes. One is the Ajits staying in an empty wagon, finding out that the train was running away from where it had been. The other is the Ajits eating grass as their meal on the roof.
The reason why I choose the first scene is that the scene can represent the drifting life of the Ajits. The author put a lot of emphasis on the Ajits’ miserable life, drifting from place to place. There must be a reason that the author wrote a lot about this, which is that it vividly represents the hardship of their life. Therefore, I think it is essential for the audience to have a general idea about how drifting their life is through this scene.
The reason I choose the other scene is that it explains the reason why the story is titled The Grass-Easters. If I put this scene in, the audience will realize that the grass-eaters are literally the grass-eaters. It is not a parable. It is not an exaggeration. It is real and it happens just around us. Through this scene, the audience can have a visual and spiritual strike, which can attract them to see this particular movie.
I would film the trailer in the following ways.
Firstly, I will film a running train at the daybreak, with smoke from the chimney of it, in an establishing shot. Then I will move the camera lens nearer and nearer to the train. At the meantime, the hoot of train becomes louder and louder. Finally the camera would reach one wagon, and audience can find two people lying in the wagon. They are just about to wake up. When they open their eyes, they will look out of the window in surprise and shout out,” Damn it! I didn’t realize it would run away when we creep into the wagon last night. We are now hundreds of miles away from where we were last night!” Meanwhile, a feature will be used to their face to illustrate how frightened and surprised they are.
Then I will change the scene to the roof of a building where the Ajits live. The camera will firstly circle the roof and find out that there is no furniture. Then in one corner of the roof, there is lots of grass. The Ajits are sitting not far from the grass, facing a boiling pot. Features will be used to their body and they are nearly naked. Then I will move the camera to what is in the pot. A feature will be used to show what is in it –Grass. Then the camera will be moved to Ajit Babu’s face, which is quite satisfied, saying, “We are lucky to have grass to eat. The rice is too expensive to afford.” After that, there comes out another scene, with “Why They Are Suffering This? Come to the Cinema and Find More.” on it.
This is my plan of the filmed advertisement for the movie based on The Grass-Easters. I hope you can enjoy it.
