For my final project I want to make a video that has similar characteristics from the series final of the hit show Mad Men. That is my favorite TV show. The ending that was written was pure genius and I hope to re-create that ending scene with my camera. I will be sitting on the beach all by myself wearing all white clothes. That represents the new blank page in my life. I will be sitting and meditating on the sand. There will be chimes and seagull sounds in the background. As I move in closer with the camera zooming in on my face, a bell will go off representing the new and fresh ideas in my head. Then a song will come on. It will be from the 1971 hit commercial song “I’d like to buy the world a coke.” It was a very popular song for a very successful coco- cola advertising campaign in the 1970’s. As the song starts I smile for the first time in a while and the camera will zoom back out. Behind me will be other happy people in a meditative state. And the camera will go off into the sunshine as the song ends. That is how I envision my final project.
This is the one inspirational image I hope to emulate. It’s the final scene that made me both sad and happy.
This image is so beautiful. I love the texture and the content. It is sad to think that JFK was assassinated but he has still made an impression to the United States. As it made a positive impression on myself.
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With such a close homage, consider what it means to mimic something. It might be clearer for the viewer for you to make three clear homages to a scene (even if the setting is different – I get that a beach can be produced but a 60s interior, maybe less so). Even if the scene had motion: yours could be actors in frozen positions lifted directly from a still. Your choice of homages will start to give the viewer information about how you are reacting to the show.