Its great that you are doing the kind of thinking and background research now. It will really show when the reels come back, all that prior thought. I would choose key locations, small examples that bring out something integral to the soul of the city.jaxshooter wrote: That's one idea I've had, I would love to see some projects like this done on other cities and how they were handled.There are so many other avenues this could take, my biggest task will be to condense it down.
My own concept is a little oblique (as always). I narrate a walk with my wife, as she strolls between different places in the city. As the film goes on she starts to get increasingly bored and ends up just siting or walking in circles or stamping on the spot. She is always in long shot and when not in frame I take in different parts of the city in wide angle. My narration talks from my experience of moving to the city, it quietude, lack of its own personality, the way people drive in and drive out with little allegiance to the city. This links in with wider observations about British modernism and small-town life in England.
A truly important film in this kind of urban anthropology is LONDON (1994) - you can watch clips at:
http://www.luxonline.org.uk/work/id/955563/index.html
