Experimental Film Project - Initial Thoughts

This project is marginally different to all the others I have attempted before, so before I begin to gather ideas, I decided to read over the brief carefully and make notes to ensure I did not miss anything.

Groupings

This is the first project which is required to be made in a group of 3. For this each group member will have to choose a role to fulfil - this is a great relief as I assume each member will then be marked on how well they attempted that role, and complications other group members may have will not necessarily impact on their grade (I have encountered this problem before on briefs throughout college and university). Looking back on the various shoots I have been involved with in the past, I tend to take a more authoritative role, so while I do enjoy editing and inventive camerawork, I think the role that would best suit me is the Director/Producer.

Brief Requirements

• Experimental film
• 5 minutes in length
• Based on single object/single word/single poem
• 5 minute critical presentation on hand-in

I hope to base the film on a single word or a single object rather than a poem.

Some initial ideas for a theme:

• Bringing a 'boring' everyday object into a new perspective
  
• Giving an inanimate object a personality
• Using a shocking word in an unusual context
• The desensitization of swearwords
• The history of a word (e.g. words like "fuck" and "shit" are curse words now, but they are actually the original anglo-saxon words for "sex" and "excrement")
• Stop-motion animation