Assignment 12: The Scream
For the next video assignment, my group is doing a movie based off the painting The Scream by Edvard Munch. The scene is as follows:
Two girls are sitting on the couch watching television. Both appear bored and lethargic. On the coffee table in front of them sits a large chocolate cake. Finally the girls look at the cake, look at each other, and nod their heads decisively. The girls move to the table. Girl1 pulls out a carton of milk and two shot glasses. The two girls look at each other with intimidation. Girl1 fills up the two shot glasses and slides one over to Girl 2. Girl 2 picks up a large knife and cuts two slices. The girls lift up their forks, and glare at one another. The begin eating their cake. More shots of milk are poured. Two more slices of cake are cut. We que-in a montage of taking milk shots, cutting the cake, slamming down the shot glasses, and eating more cake. The girls visibly grow more and more worn out.Girl1 tries to fill up one more for the both of them and Girl2 shakes her head, showing she can take no more and would like to stop. The girls finally reach the last slice of cake. Neither want to go through with this final piece, but they both attempt anyhow. They both dont take it very well and Girl 2 passes out into her cake. Girl1 falls out of her seat. Girl2 wakes up the next day and finds her friend motionless on the floor. She checks her pulse, and realizes she’s dead. Que-in “The Scream.”
Molly, I wanted to let you know I loved this video. Although, I’d wondered why they were taking shots of milk– was it symbolic of alcohol? I’ve heard of cookies and milk, but cake and milk?
If you had them drinking glasses (or maybe still the shots) you could have filmed shots of the milk jug emptying over the night (full, 2/3, 1/2, 1/4, dregs ect), and mixed that into the montage.
But it was funny, and I loved how you set up the master shot with the clock to show the expanse of time.
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