#charon's daughtres

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this is an experiment of the game, where viewer defines the narrative structure and form by pulling out the cards.

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PROCESS

not nesessarily has to be done in the written order, we continue exploring non-linear approaches :) Remember: from which side we should eat this elephant? From any side!

- collect the materials / sourses related to the story, sourses of inspiration and moodbord. (done)

- WRITE topics, inspiration sourses, places & spaces, charachters/narrators, forms of narration / visual languages, events / scenes ON CARDS

- make a game of cards. Lay out different possibilities and ways to tell the story

- lay the story on different stuctures: vocabulary seems to me the most appropriate. But also: a labyrynth, with giving each time a question/ choice.  A flower, where all leaflets connect to the central event (discovery video). An endlessness sign. A novel which the main character writes. A body (!!) structure

- work with the composer Anna Mikhailova so that she becomes co-author. The music is the string on which the story gets pulled out.

- continue thinking process while making the dolls by hands

- shoot the opening scene (the dead/alive fountain/ children choir song)

- work with the actors on writing their scenes (with them)

- find locations, times, equipment etc.

- shoot shoot shoot

- edit ( in the shooting, after the shooting + give the viewer chance to edit)

- present in different forms: a few variants of ready story + the open constructor (interactive: cinema + remote control for each viewer or space-based installation.

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CHARON’S DAUGHTERS.

This story is rich, and I’ve been doing research on it for several years.

It contais possibility

- to questions the norms and the perception of rational / moral judgement

- create poetic, beautiful, multi-layer story with the use of metaphoric language

- experiment with non-linear and multivocal narrative

- create a constructor narrative: where the author and eventually the viewer can construct their own variant of the story

- explore and express a concept of multiplicity

- explore and express the concept of non-linear time, and “time-pocket” through the process of creating the film, in the topic and events of the story itself, and in the structure and form of narrative

- explore the topics of geniality and a genius / vs madness  in a society

- explore the topic of death. Attitude towards death in different cultures. My own obsession with the concept of reviving of the dead, rooted in my trauma of a death of my girlfriend. The poetic metaphoric language of seeing the dead as living.

- work with my own Russian identity, explore the deepness of Russian culture through the cultural referencess, the Russian visuality and Russian social critique.

- Explore the practice of deep collaboration with the composer and actors on the early moment of creating concept and writing script.

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BIG QUESTION

I have a film story. This film was in my head for already 4 (!) years.

It is bigger than me - in the way that this is something unimaginable for me, something which goes far beyond my own experience or fantasy. Yet, it happened in reality.

I want to create this film beyond the borders of documentary and fiction.

Later - more about the story.

Now funny thing. I was always busy with the question - from which side shall we start to eat this elephant?

The answer was funny, even banal. It came to me like an opening, like serendipity. The answer is: from any side.

Meaning: it doesn’t matter where you start as soon as you start.

Inspiration for this:

I was on the concert of Nick Cave. It was so, so strong and special. One thing which struck me: Nick is not beautiful at all. But he is so strong! He is the message himself, and the message is: go and do your thing! The thing which you need to do. His son died, he made a beuatiful project out of grieving. Therefore it doesn’t matter from which side you start eating this elephant as soon as you start.

So’ let’s keep going. 

I had a dream, Joe.