THEME: Rebelling against the societal expectations towards women.

SUBJECT: Focusing mainly on personal identity as well as incorporating politics in the sense of how the capitalistic government controls what we are influenced by. 

INTENTIONS: In groups, we carried out a dice roll task. We were given three die and asked to roll them all at once. Each dice was linked to a set of words which corresponded with the number on the die. After the dice were rolled, we were left with the following three words: RISK, CHANCE and ABSURD. These were to be incorporated into our manifesto.

VISUALS: Inspiration from O’Donnell on her process of ‘performing’ for the camera. Additionally, our group was inspired by how O’Donnell portrayed the conflict between her and her personal identity.

SOUND: A reading of the poem ‘The Jabberwocky’ by Lewis Carroll. Although not from the Dada era, it can be considered as a nonsense poem. The subject within the poem is shown to have rebelled against the advice and warnings about the creature from his father and is later praised for this rebellion. We felt as though it would successfully tie in with our theme as the subject of our film is planning to rebel against the norms of society. We were hoping that the Jabberwocky would be a metaphor for society and the lack of control people have over their identity due to this.

TITLE ideas: Opening the third eye, The art of unlearning, Reconditioning the mind,

‘An open third eye allows you to take in light and details that you would otherwise miss, and this can be intense or overwhelming at first. Feeling like you are changing on a fundamental level, even if you struggle to put it into words.’

What is a manifesto?

In art: a manifesto is a public declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of an artist or artistic movement.

Additionally, we were looking to incorporate the idea of ‘Breaking the rules of reality’. This is present in our manifesto below.

Narrative (Risk)

Events throughout the film depict the risks being taken and the final outcome of the film amplifies this risk / resolves it.

Mise-en-scene (Absurdity)

Costumes and props will emphasize the absurdity surrounding gender roles and stereotypes.

Editing (Chance)

We want to give the audience a chance to reconsider their beliefs surrounding gender and identity. Especially we want to look at the idea of unlearning negative gender roles and identity expectations through editing such as reversed scenes.