A stronger idea that I discussed with the class was the creation of a mash-up video of falls throughout popular cinematic history. This idea was met with some criticism as all people could imagine was a comic video of people falling over similar to what is seen on television shows such as America's Funniest Videos Or a Benny Hill chase sequence. I had a completely different idea to this. starting with the original slapstick comics of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton falling down I would progress through a short history of falls in film, focussing on films that people will recognize. As the mash-up film progresses the film snippets will become more and more recent, they will also span a variety of ages, including children, teenagers, and eventually elderly people. I also want to intersperse the film with footage of a man jumping and falling from a building.
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| Charlie Chaplin Falls Over |
The mash-up film will start off with themes of humor but towards the end of the film it will be clear that the mash-up is of a serious nature.
The footage of a the man jumping and falling from a building will hint at the theme of suicide, however the point of impact will not be portrayed. They video will cut to several elderly people falling over in different film snippets.
The overall idea is that if you are not active throughout your life and you have a terrible fall it is the equivalent to harming yourself in a suicidal nature.
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| Falling from a building. |
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