Creative Project Realisation Proposal My idea is focused on a film installation.

What I would like to create is an immersive experience that makes use of six televisions in an exhibition space. Each screen is a colour from the NTSC/PAL colour bar image often used in broadcasting and film. My aim is to portray a sense of identity through a fixed angle shot of a man in a room. I will film six different scenes, each one reflecting a colour and a mood of a particular human emotion e.g. Fear, Anger etc. I hope to convey a sense of the man's identity as a whole by simultaneously playing a video on each one of the televisions, creating a montage of sound as well as giving the viewer the chance to go and focus on a particular aspect of the man's personality. Ultimately I want to bring the question of identity back to the viewer and synchronise the televisions at the end of the last room scene in order to pan back to show the man viewing himself on all the screens at once. This ending asks the viewer to look inside themselves and figure out their own identity and sense of self. As well as the theme of each room I am thinking particularly about mise-enscene, for example in the Vanity room I could have clothes strewn over the floor and a mirror to highlight their desire to look good as well as see themselves as often as they can. I want each room (or each room set up) to differ from the last yet hold a familiarity so that the transition is not jarring. I will edit each scene to a different colour from the colour bars and define the emotion that scene is portraying so the colour itself can be related to that emotion for example anger being shown as red. In this way I hope to link my piece to the use of televisions and evoke a sense that each one is a window into my character's identity. By detaching each scene from the others in the installation I hope to make my audience consider their own dominant emotions and think about their own identity, not only their sense of self but other people's interpretation of them within society and whether they fit into the social identity of the world around them. I have decided I would like to plan not only the installation but a way to screen my film in a conventional way. As a result it will take a different structure to the installation itself and make use of a transition sequence between each scene. The ending of my film will still be the same however I will not involve the synchronization that is evident in the installation, but still clearly convey the themes of identity, emotion and observation/reflection of self. As there is a need to structure the screening version I feel it would make sense on multiple levels to progress the film as follows: Yellow/Fear - Cyan/Tranquility - Green/Envy+ Vanity - Stress/Magenta - Anger/Red - Intelligence/Blue This works for me firstly because it follows the left to right order of the colour bars but also I feel this structure creates a nice flow between the different rooms and the emotions that will be portrayed. Particularly as it would start with my character very anxious and afraid and end with him having gained knowledge and feel more confident. In that sense it is a true spectrum. In terms of my audio I want to focus on creating an atmosphere for my audience within each room therefore helping them to identify the emotion being portrayed as well as involve them in the installation so that they are more than just viewer but get to experience the themes and concepts first hand. For example I would like to really scare my audience during the fear/paranoia section as well as incite anger and passion during that respective scene. Part of my film installation is the use of fixed angle long takes, approximately one minute and twenty seconds for each room, allowing me transition time and two minute for the end scene which should amount to around ten minutes of screen time. Symbolism is important to me in creating this piece as Id like to express the mood and tone of each room without directly applying a title to each room. I want to clarify my intention with each room individually as they differ greatly in content. For example, with the Fear room I would like to use photo filter or colour correction tools during post-production in order to give it a yellow hue. I can do this Final Cut but I could also make it look more realistic by using After Effects. The acting that my character would be doing has to be purposeful at all times due to the short amount of time I have to establish each mood. To this end I would like to consider how humans react to things that scare them i.e. jumping out of their skin or cowering. One of the most technical aspects of my idea is the title sequence / transition clip which consists of the colour bars but made up of tiles of the respective rooms at different point to create a tapestry of moving image that I would then zoom into in order to transition between scenes. In terms of the Installation itself, I want to have my actor ending each scene in the same chair next the same table. Although each scene would differ greatly in terms of mise-en-scene, sound and acting I would like the room to remain almost consistent throughout in order to aid me in transitioning each scene to the next as he would be in the same chair at the end and also the set would be almost identical in terms of form. This is important so that I do not distract my audience without a messy transition and risk losing focus on the scene itself. I want it to be believable as well as fantastic so that my audience remains engaged throughout and wants to see the entire piece manifest. The final sequence which zooms from the last room scene out of another television to reveal my character viewing himself in a sort of stasis mode where he is unable to move or interact only view himself through the window that is the television should bring the entire piece together and give the audience a sense of closure and also allow them to reflect on their own experiences as human beings.
Below are a couple of photographs I have taken relating to a sense of identity.

On the left is an image of myself. My head is missing so I am lacking a sense of identity; I also particularly like the contrast between the horizontal lines on my jumper and on the wall. On the right is a picture of my fingerprint, it is widely thought that each fingerprint is unique and is certainly considered a form of identity by the police.