Tag: Lens-Artists Challenge#346

For this week’s Lens Artists Challenge, Sofia asks us to consider Cinematic.

Well, I think it’s not too late for me to be the brains behind a world-beating film. Never done any film-making in my life. I don’t have a screenplay, or even an idea for one. I don’t have a backer. Well, does it really matter? One of you will put up the money, I’m sure.

I fancy making a desert my location. The Sahara? The Gobi? The Atacama? Well, I can’t afford to go to any of those. Won’t an expanse of English sand do the job?

Hmm. Not really. Any fool can see that’s an English beach. Think again.

I could just about afford the so-called badlands of Navarre in Spain, the Bárdenas Reales. Though the camera crew would have to take care to dodge the speed restriction signs, like the one you can see at the bottom of this shot.

Yeah, that might do. Local colour though. I need a few cacti …

There. That’ll do.

A story though. No idea. I saw this fellow in Tate Britain a few years ago. Maybe someone could think of a yarn to tell about him?

Or maybe a historical drama is the way to go?

I saw these soldiers in the Museu Frederic Marès in Barcelona. They’d look good intrepidly ploughing their way through a sandstorm?

Have I given you enough to work with? Oh, hang on. You need the ‘and they all lived happily ever after’ shot for the final frame. Here you go …

If you’re as excited by the idea of this project as I am, just send your ideas (and promises of financial backing) in the comments section. Golden Globes and Oscars await!

PS. What Sofia REALLY wanted us to do was to consider those locations, scenes and types of shot that establish a mood, convey emotion and move the story along in a good film. I think I pretty much dodged the brief…