Final Project Proposal
Broken Narrative/ Memoir Proposal
Abstract: My final project will be a narrative/ memoir in the form of a poetic (or creative writing) conversation between two people, where contrasts and similarities between words and images will help to tell and enhance the meaning of the allegory broken up in the conversation.
For my final project, I would like to recreate a narrative similar to the previous broken narrative project we were assigned. However, this narrative will be more complex. Unlike my first project, this one will have 5 or 6 different stories, and they will create a dialogue between two people, which will become a broken story or narrative. I want it to be an almost broken up conversation between two people using poems, short stories, dialogue, and random quotes or phrases.
To enhance the narrative, and make the dialogue more interesting, I will add various images to the recording. These images will either coincide with the narrative, or they will be images that do not go along with the story at all. The mood will be countered or enhanced by every image. I will use a few images from the image library we have created, but the majority of my images will be taken from various places in Manhattan. Since the city is such a diverse place I think the various images I can get there will add to the basically random dialogue of the narrative. Some images will be bold and drastic, while some images will be more subtle and calming.
I will record the speech on my laptop, use a video recorder for most images, but have a few photos as well for variation in media. These various forms of media will then be put in both iMovie 6 and 8 to be edited and enhanced. I will then combine all of these aspects of my project into a 5-minute (or more) long, non- linear narrative.
