Silhouette idea

As a group we have thought of a completely new idea, to instead of listen to the character through the webcam the audience sees her through silhouettes we will project, keeping her identity hidden. I feel this is a much more effective approach, as through maintaining confidentiality of the character it creates a sense of deep secrecy and shame. The fact that the characters indentity remains anonymous not only allows the audience to focus on her tale, but also could depict the fact that despite what her family have done to her, she wishes no harm to them.

Originally we were going to project our silhouette onto the brown bedroom wall, but after finding the camera had difficulties focusing we decided instead to use our school cinema screen, which projects a much crisper, striking silhouette.

 

As you can see from the images using the blue cinema background allows the audience to see certain features of the character, which works emotionally because it reminds them that this is a fragile young girl. We want the audience to be able to see delicate details of the character, such as her eyelashes through the silhouette, as this emphasises and represents her femininity and therefore creates a sense of vulnerability and helplessness.