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Alice Zhang
June 21, 2007
Timed-writing 3
Directions: If you were to create a filmed advertisement (a “trailer) 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 will be set in the mid night, when the main character was sleeping on the ground outside. In the dawn, he woke up, finding that who he was holding in his arms was not his wife. What’s more, one of his legs was just over her body! What kind of body was it? It was a bag of bones! The woman was about seventy years old! At this time, the woman also woke up, screaming. Thunderstorm! Ten meters far away, his wife was walking towards him. He didn’t have a clear mind yet until his wife gave him a lesson, black and blue.
Next day morning, the husband of the old lady who was a man of a hill came with extreme anger. The scene will be ended when the main character was fled away after whom was the huge man.
Every time I read this plot, I can’t help laughing myself. The tune the author used to tell the story was quite humor and ironic. So I decide to use a comedy for the trailer which will suit the tone better. The scene I chose is a typical funny and interesting one. The lovely couple had no shelter to sleep. They just slept outdoors. Ironically, it is very difficult to identify the place where they woke up next morning. It shows the poverty and hardships of their life. However, the funny scene conveys the humor and optimism which make the couple distinguished from others. Under this circumstance, they still lived happily and cherished each other as the only pressure. It is very touching.
Of course, I will choose charming actors and actresses to play the part. The line of the whole scene will be exaggerated and funny. The clothes the couple wears in the movie will be dirty. The emphases will be put on the “lesson” the wife gave her husband and the old lady’s reaction when she found her situation. Hope you may enjoy the trailer and movie.