Reflections Pitch Idea

A few developments for my Idea

Main Idea

For my final chosen Idea I have to convey the theme of memory as a natural organic luxury that increases in value throughout time. To everyone we all have precious memories in certain times in our life's, whether they are embarrassing and hilarious  moments on a  night out with friends or cherishing special moments with family and loved ones, there all moments which we can relive again and go back to. However as we get older and encounter new experiences, new memories are born and old memories gradually fade away. So for my project I want to convey the theme of memory being a precious valuable asset that in time gradually fades away as new memories are born. A film about how precious and valuable our memories are. the films is about highlighting the importance of our memories and how we wish we could relive and embrace those memories again, however as we get older our memories gradually fade away. 

The film is going to be about an young man who lives a normal basic life but one day hes life dramatically changes when one day he a encounters a situation where he suffers a life threatening accident but luckily survives as he recovers he suffers from temporary memory loss. However to help aid hes recovery he discovers that finding objects items or certain places can trigger back certain memories, he faces the threat of permanently losing hes memory forever. As he comes to terms of the situation he creates video blogs constantly tracking hes thoughts and progress with the memory loss

Inspiration

I got this idea from an old show I used to watch a while ago it was about a family that takes in a formerly institutionalized teen savant  who is missing standard human behaviors such as anger, joy and love. When he is discovered he has no memory of who he is or where he comes from, however through time as he encounters new experiences he gradually regains certain moments of hes past, certain things start to trigger hes memory. What I found quite interesting is that as humans as we grow we all grown up and encounter new experiences and get older our memories gradually fade away, but in this show Kyle XY the main character originally starts his life with no memory, no connections to hes experiences in the past however as time goes on he gradually begins to recover hes memory.

Kyle XY Season One Trailer

Now this is completely fiction so I want to take this idea and recreate it to create a non fiction film about memory    

Memento Trailer

Ways in which I want to represent memory slowly diminishing 

Lighting A Match In Pitch Black

Stars From Space Station 

Nebula Space Scene Tutorial 

Clock ticking sound effect 

One of the ways in which I want to convey the aspect of memory that diminishes in time is through objects that share the same characteristics. Once used they start to burn out and then unable to be used again. The videos uploaded above are examples of ways in which I want to incorporate the aspect of memory and how it can be represented  

A Man Who Delivers from Jamie Jessett on Vimeo.

"Sound" from SoundCloud on Vimeo.

For the film I want to stray away from the conventional methods of creating film and using dialogue, for the film I want the information to specifically perceived through text and  

Diegetic and non Diegetic sounds. I particularly like watching the film uploaded above as it

strongly uses the use of text for the video. For my video I want to experiment with the use of text and sound with a limited amount of speech and dialogue.

Sherlock TV Series Text Message Effect

EF - Live The Language - London from Albin Holmqvist on Vimeo.

Garnata Type from Rafa Galeano on Vimeo.

After Effects: Obscuring one layer behind another

An example of how I am going to use text for the video