Final-timed Writing
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—Tony Zhao
—June 21, 2007
—Time-writing 3
Directions: If you were to create a filmed advertisement (a “trailer&rdquo
for a movie based on The Grass-Eaters, which scene would you select? Why? Discuss ways in which you might film the scene. (100%)
The scene to be selected is when Ajit Babu and his wife meet with a carriage, which made Babu wild with joy because they eventually get a place to shelter themselves. However, the pleasant scene suddenly switches to be somber as Babu’s wife refuses to live in that carriage as she tells Babu that she is pregnant, not able to bear a bumpy wife in the carriage.
The reason to choose this scene is that it provides reader with hope and release at the beginning but finally replaces it with an astonishing fact that the wife is pregnant. Such a striking scene is representative of the impoverished, unsteady and miserable life “The Grass-Eaters” is leading, which copes with the theme of the story.
The beginning of the advertisement clip is going to display a nice and cozy carriage, contrasted with the terrible living conditions of the protagonists: their shabby clothes, exhausted spirits as well as Babu’s joy to see such a wonderful place, as if it was waiting for them to occupy. What come next are images of Babu’s imagination of their future life in the carriage, including a comfortable room only belonging to the two beloved couple, total isolation from the noisy, disturbing outside world, what is more, sweet whispers, laughter and sex in the blessed carriage. All of a sudden, Babu’s imagination comes to a cease when his wife says “I will not live in it!” closely followed by a piece of somber and disappointing music. Finally, the viewers’ question is solved when Babu’s wife takes his hand and softly places it on her stomach, which obviously reveals that she is pregnant.