FICTIONAL ADAPTATION: VISUAL IDEAS

When I had gone through and decided on the lines I wanted to use from the Sonnet. I began thinking of how I could visually show this. Although I don't find storyboards useful, I did find that drawing down a picture of what I wanted to use visually did.

I am a thousand winds that blow
This line I was focused on the word 'wind'. Something blowing in the wind which I could relate to the character Stacey. I thought of maybe one of her tops or a piece of clothing still on a washing line but as I plan for her to have been dead for over 7 months this wouldn't make a huge amount of sense without adding in context.

I toyed with the idea of using leafs, perhaps on a tree or a pile of leafs going down a windy street, I could have mixed in the street with that being the location of where Stacey was hit by a car and this is to symbol that she's still here. But this still didn't feel right to me. It also seemed very complex to get that done.

Finally, I thought about having something she has placed while she's alive and thought of the idea of adding in a flash back to when she was alive, so we see her and her sister Becky happy together and it brings more emotion to the character of Becky since we can see how close they once were. So I thought about her planting a flower and then cutting to it in the current time of the film and it's still healthy and alive and then it would symbolise Stacey is still here and blowing in the wind would work with the line as well.

Thinking through this idea, I didn't think a flower would look as good as there isn't much movement, So I thought of some other ideas for things I could use. Finally, I'd written down a pinwheel as one of the ideas as I remember having these when I was a child. They're bright, colourful and move with very little wind. These are seem sometimes in gardens as well and they're still popular today as they're sold in big brand shops such as Home Base and B&M. The pin wheel is also a bit more unique than a flower and would be kept there if it was put there by a family member that had died.

I ended up drawing out a storyboard for this scene, although basic it does show what it is I want to do. Having the sisters seen together happy will help show how close they were and then a close up on Stacey blowing on the pin wheel and making it spin to then cut to the same shot of the pin wheel, still spinning in the modern day with no one there. The pinwheel is still there as Stacey will always be there and it's still spinning in the wind to indicate she's the wind blowing it.

I am the gentle autumn rain
This line I found interesting, I started by planning out how I could symbolise rain so thinking literally I thought of having the character Stacey standing in the rain, but then realised she'd be soaking wet and as a ghost, you wouldn't really get wet in as you're dead. Then I thought of adding in a sprinkler to symbolise the rain but then thought that I was thinking too literally. So, I took a step back and began to think more experemental.

Since I also need to find a way to telling the audience that this character is dead I thought of a sequence I could do which would mix in the line and also tell the story of how she died.
I want to have her walking down the street, potentially with music playing to create atmosphere, clearly she's remembering something and we slowly start to hear sounds of cars and traffic but we don't see any. She comes to a puddle and looks into it but doesn't see her reflection.
This is because:
1) She isn't alive
2) She is everywhere and everything now
I feel that showing that she can't be seen can help show that she's now everywhere and everything. This work interprets the line as well as a puddle would come from rain. But, then I want to see a close up of some flowers with a card on them as if this was a memorial which people will often do as a sight where someone died. It's very common to do and I feel this also helps to tell the audience she's died but not that she's dead and no more. As a graveyard says clearly 'dead' but not that they're always with us. This is where she's still around, she's still remembered and still somewhere.


When you awaken in the morning hush
I want the character walking up in the morning to work with this section. So, I tried to think of what sort of things would represent morning. So I thought of things like breakfast, alarm clocks or cups of coffee and tea as these are often what people will have or use in the morning. However, these aren't very helpful towards the story or relevant to someone dying. So, I decided to use something more symbolic and remembered being younger and seeing the sun come in from the blinds and you get those sort of sun rays.

I'm not 100% sure how I could achieve this effect but I know that this would work as when I was a child, I use to get told that a ray of sun shine shining down meant there was a guardian angel shining down on them.

I am the swift uplifting rush
This is the line that I'm undecided on. Currently I'd between having crowds of people or cars on the road but I'm unsure as these seem a bit too obvious and also I can't see them working with the film. But, I'll need to give this section some more thought before committing.