tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653882480042020990.post3928044235014081543..comments2023-10-01T01:55:22.281-07:00Comments on The Dead That Never Lived: Snow White Finally SuccumbsRoss Sutherlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01136779310056400282noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653882480042020990.post-66715937543825351372008-04-04T10:27:00.000-07:002008-04-04T10:27:00.000-07:00Hi Ross, thank you for your generous comments. I'm...Hi Ross, thank you for your generous comments. I'm having a lot of macabre fun with the theme, what fun to either celebrate the fictional deaths or kill the fictional characters! I really like the film idea -- how flipping exciting! I agree that ambient visuals are more suited to poetry or you do get a clash of confusions. I'd like to try the VO but if you think my voice is rhubarb I don't mind an actor doing it. The film screened at the Texan Splatterfest is called Cloud Ignition. My agent's got a copy and they should be able to send you it (or a copy of the copy). I don't tend to keep copies at home because I either lose them or my son records over them or the chinchilla decides they'll be vastly improved by teethmarks. <BR/>Moxy <BR/>PS I came back from Devon last night and hadn't read your 2 subsequent posts and just let fly with another poem. Then I read 'em.Moxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369927532088004373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1653882480042020990.post-18002091723125439332008-04-02T03:16:00.000-07:002008-04-02T03:16:00.000-07:00Hi Moxy - I've really enjoyed everything you've pu...Hi Moxy - I've really enjoyed everything you've put up here so far. They're all amazing<BR/><BR/>Out of the 3, I think this one would be the best one to use at the event- I think the iconography of a sleeping Snow White is so instantly recognisable that it requires no introduction. We can just kill the lights and jump straight in.<BR/><BR/>because the poem is so visceral, i'd be keen to turn it into a short film that gets screened during the performance. currently, i imagine the entire event to be about 50/50 live and prerecorded. <BR/><BR/>my first thoughts were to start with some footage of a sleeping snow white, slowed down until it strobes (done digitally, but we could add some flicker so it looked like film). Then once we get to the "**" we stop the frame. Then we let the light slowly burn through, until the frame is completely white by "Even the prince..." Then the final verse is just done over the empty white screen. <BR/><BR/>That's just my first impression- let me know what you think? I think with poetry its always best to keep the visuals pretty ambient, otherwise its like two people shouting at once. <BR/><BR/>If you have any alternative ideas please let me know. Would you be up for doing the VO, or would you like us to find an actor for it? Once we're agreed I'll source a video artist to knock it together for us. <BR/><BR/>Finally, where can I find the film you screened at a Texan Splatterfest?<BR/><BR/>RossRoss Sutherlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01136779310056400282noreply@blogger.com