The visual poem that I am envisioning is a video story of the transition of a Transvestite from man to woman or vise versa. The video will be to the song Danse Macabre – Camille Saint-Saëns which is a very dramatically composed song; it has a very soft and short introduction to the song and quickly goes into a very dramatic tune. I would like to shoot in a manor with a dramatic presentation. I think I will experiment with the more dreamy film setting to see if I could achieve the look that I want.
I want the lighting to be very dim and selective. I envision a a very dark toned video though with a lot of color. I think I will open the scene with a close up on his/her hands running through all the colorful dresses in the wardrobe and cut to a shot where it’s just an explosion of clothes (similar to the scene in the Gatsby where she’s throwing his shirts from the second floor). I will then do close up shots of the application of make up as if it were a dramatic painter dressing a canvas. I will hold off on revealing a face or a person for that matter and stick with close ups for the majority of the video.
The mission is to tell a story without (dialogue) with a dramatic presentation.