Narrative Poster 1

Phrase Treatment

Phrase Treatment “Do you want to hear what God revealed to me this morning?" Camera is low on the ground, above the shag of a burnt-orange carpet, the blue light of a TV static is flickering in a warmly lit room. The national anthem clicks on to begin that day's television programming The camera pans, still low on the ground the viewers left to right, book shelves in the background come into focus. On the bottom shelf we see a white floral decoration in a wide basket, above that a vase and small photos of children on either side and tidy rows of religious books. The scene blurs as if a child falling asleep on the floor…. ..the scene reopens, can you smell the smell of instant coffee coming from the kitchen table, which is inside the kitchen, which is right beyond the rigidly tailored plastic-like fabric of the couch. The camera closes in on the dark space between the couch and the shag carpeting.. A woman's feet are seen, facing the jumble of kitchen table & chair legs. She wears tan hosiery and white shoes with buckles around the ankles. She is singing, or humming disjointedly the stretched tune of a church song. The camera pans to the left. The darkness of the space the viewer now inhabits under the couch, merges slightly as the camera pans left into a narrow hallway, The sound of a heavy wooden drawer closing is heard then steps down the hallway. Emerging into the cut of light from the living room we see the feet of man, they are medium sized with old, but well taken care of black leather shoes. He says "Do you want to hear what God revealed to me this morning?" The camera rolls over past the couch upholstery to look at the TV set which is askew and blurry and typical voice of a TV evangelist is heard.

Non_diagetic Video

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Having trouble w/ comments section so to respond to Lynn's comment: In the original "children playing" video there is also the sound of a sliding glass door. To me this sound implied to the viewer that there is another character in the shot who is heard closing the door, but not seen. I did try to bump the audio of the door closing to make it more apparent, as I wasn't sure if people would notice it & therefore = non-diagetic!). This character then goes on to press play on his voice mail & hears the phone message which is left for him. In this way I considered the audio diagetic, although the children didn't hear the message, the off-screen character did & they exist within the same environment, in the first film.

Overheard............

1) " Do you want to hear a revelation God gave me this morning? " ~An older gentleman to members of his congregation at Old Country Buffet

2) "Fake is the new real." ~ My cousin reading a T-shirt at Wet Seal

3) "Broof." ~My dog expressing her displeasure at the neighbors group of little cousins who are helping them move by kicking down their fence & lighting fire-crackers.

 4) "I like those little guys……. they only have one eye." ~A person in the theater, referring to "minions".

5) "Whelp, see you later." ~An old guy getting up from a group table at Martin's.

 6) "$100 to shave his beard!" ~A guy in the crowd to a head shaver @ a Benefit.

7) "This kind is best for diabetes, because it's dark." ~A cashier referring to a chocolate bar for sale at her counter to an older man in a trucker cap.

8) "Do you see that they left 2 hush`puppies on their plate? (admonishingly) Those were good." ~A large man in jean-shorts to a less large woman in a colorful sweater at Golden Corral. (I tried one, they weren't that good.)

9) "You come here now…. Here, this is for you." ~Said an older Black Woman to a Black Male Waiter in his 30's.

10) "Did you find everything alright? " ~A cashier to a customer, for the gizzillianth time.

Soundbites Excercise