FOCAL POINTS

Within the broader thesis subject of adaptations, I came to realize there are three main nodes of interest I have been circling around in my work last semester;

a) Adapting narrative structures (spoken/written/experienced) to visual narrative structures (this is consideration of the structural, the way the thing is built, constructed, sequenced, paced, ordered, and perceived).

b) Adapting tonal qualities of narrative structures (spoken/written/experienced) to become visual tonal qualities (this is consideration of intangible aspects of written tone to equally intangible aspects of visual tone.

c) Suspense- interest grown out of both part a and b; how can the mise-en-scene or structure be used to communicate original content? How can visual tone work to suspend quality of adaptation and re-form that original story?


In looking back over past projects, I see that the area of suspense moved to become the umbrella encompassing parts a and b. Suspense has moved into the position of ‘subject matter’ – the suspense as a mechanism that I want to better understand, better implement in different media and different stories. Consideration of structure and tone become means to an end – aspects to consider when constructing visual narrative.