The Water is Wide

1. In 5-6 sentences, summarize the story you were trying to evoke (suggest) to go along with the music. 2. Choose the sequence of images in a 30 second segment that you are most proud of. Identify the time sequence (e.g., from 1 min. 10 sec. to 1 min. 40 sec.). Describe in detail what part of your story you were trying to suggest or evoke in this sequence. Describe how your choice of images helped suggest the story. Describe how your consideration of colors, shapes, and abstract images helped suggest a mood for this sequence. 3. What percentage of your film is made up of abstract images? Did you have a consistent idea about using a color or shape to suggest a mood? Explain. 4. What did you learn, realize, remember, or discover about the use of abstract images in film? 5. What did you learn, realize, remember or discover about the interaction between music and images. 6. What was the most important contribution your PARTNER made to this film? 7. What was the most important contribution YOU made to this film? 1.The story we were trying to show was the journey of an orphan boy. At a young age he lost his mother in a car accident. He reflects back on his childhood and also looks forward to the future. It's basically a summary of his past and future. With the thought of his mother in mind, he can still be successful. 2.I'd say the part I am most proud of is the first 45 seconds of the film. It summarizes how his mother died, and his own personal reflection on how it happened. We were trying to porttray the sadness of the event. Our pictures are staright forward, but together the pictures and music make the video sad. 3. Thirty percent. We tryed to use a lot of greens (for life and mother-ness) and blacks (deatyh and evil. 4.Abstract images help transition from one scene to another. They can evoke a feeing without a clear understanding if the photo. 5. Music and images are complementary of eachother. Most of all, music really emphasizes the emotion of a film. 6. Cristabel really helped me piece it together when I ran out of ideas. She also made the large bibliography. 7. I chose a lot of the photos.