This document outlines a video artistic pitch idea that depicts a soldier standing still with mud on his face and clothes. As the camera zooms in, the soldier has a startled expression as he sees flashes of experiments and history before his eyes, accompanied by increasing drum beats and words appearing on screen. Inspired by Thin Red Line's use of flashbacks to remind soldiers of home and past traumas, the style would use close-ups and visual expressions to juxtapose loss of hope with the warmth of fire. The location proposed is a dark, silent wooded area called Skipwith Common that was also used as an airfield in WWII. The flashes are meant to convey the soldier's pure terror of the past and future

1. Video artistic pitch idea

2. My idea
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My idea is a soldier who is standing still his
helmet covered in mud and his face and
clothes as well as the camera goes in to him
his face is startled from this it then shows
flashes of experiments but also gazes of
history before his eyes as well as words fired
in front of these flashes as drums increase in
the beat to the frequent flashes , his eyes
wide open and fully taken away in shock by
the images he is seeing flashing in front of his
eyes as he continues to see them he takes
off his helmet and then drops it to the ground.

3. What this is inspired by.
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This was inspired by the movie thin
red line as it uses the power of art of
using flash backs of seeing things that
remind them of home but also traumas
of there past. The use of narrating of
the characters to represent the fear
and feeling of been trapped.

4. The style
The style of the video would be done
using close ups but also visual
expressions of trauma through art. I
would do this by visually use flash
backs to emphasize the meaning of
this trauma but also using
juxtaposition to show the balance
between them.
 For example in the movie it would
contain the loss of hope in the dark
with the balance been the warming of
a fire.
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5. Location
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The location would be a woodland area
called Skipwith Common, this area is a
dark but shrouded area which is full of
silence. The area is a good example to
place this idea in a whole to the idea. As
well as the area was used as an airfield
in world war two so bunkers still remain.
However the main focus of the project is
the trees and how the silence but
claustrophobic environment can change
you as a person.

6. My ideas details.
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The flashes of history before the
soldier of experiments but pure terror
of the future and past flow before him
like he was watching it only in his
mind, the soldier screams but his
voice cannot be heard only to see his
face in pure panic the colours of the
screen tint red and tears flow down
this soldiers face as the flashes play
on and on.

7. Artists to compare to.
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If I was to compare to an artist it would be
Terrance Malick this is because of his work on
The thin red line, mainly for the use of artistic
visual expression to represent the memories of
each solider as they are among the jungle in
Guadalcanal. But also the use of dream
sequences to the movie. The artistic use of
cinematography makes the woods of
Guadalcanal seem like a magical place but an
unknown place of pure terror of life.
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He gives war a different meaning not just from
what you see but from the personalities of the
soldiers.

8. Francis Ford Coppola
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This director uses a lot of mental sides
to show the art of war in Apocalypse
now but the true creation of the
representation of what it really is. It
shows no good or evil to the plot only
the insanity of what the jungle can do
to you, as in the movie you learn that
people really believe coronel Kurtz
really is a god his views on war
change him to the insanity of what the
jungle makes him.

9. Where this could be shown
At Leeds armories this place has it’s own
galleries to show short example pieces
as well as the use of expressions the
soldier pulls while before his eyes the
flashes of terror of history can work as
the area has many turning points to
display this.
Also another way it could be projected is
having enclosed area and for each wall
an image is produced from the click of a
button the image is fired on to the wall
until it creates it all the way to the end.
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