Albert Ross wrote:To be very honest Paul, I am not quite sure what I think of it. Not too many laughs in it, not particularly eye catching, in fact it the "play" could well have been written for the radio. How often does your mind wonder about what will happen when you eventually "pass over"? I guess most people have thought about it, to a greater or lesser degree, but not too many people openly talk about it, even to their other halves.
I am interested in your motivation for making such a video, what inspired you to write and film it. I have now seen a few of your videos and each one made me think much more than the average You Tube creation, at least it wasn't politically driven, unless I am missing something.
How did it make me feel? A bit confused, and more determined than ever to enjoy life while I am still capable.
Thanks for the link.
Thanks for your comments. The "radio" comment was most interesting. I suppose I could have made the piece much more visually interesting -- but somehow I liked it as it is .. Theater of the Absurd. I guess I was a bit lazy too. This way it was very easy to shoot. Still, at the end of the day, I liked it that way so that's what I went with.
What motivated this piece? First it had to be something I could do entirely myself. Second, I wanted to use the famous soliloquy from MacBeth. I started fooling around with it, acting it out in front of a mirror. Gradually the "story" of the appointment came to me. I started shooting and then running the voices through various filters for effect. The two characters started to be different. I worked on the script and found an ending. This, for me, is always the most important thing. The ending. Does it make any sense? Does it complete the story? Very very often I have a story idea that has a nice start, but no ending. I wish I could learn to start with the ending and work backwards. I'm constantly looking for one-man-band ideas with a good ending!!! .. Got one?
This little grim piece is not for everyone. BUT .. It worked for me as it gave me the chance to do the speech from MacBeth. As far as politics or some other meaning in the piece, there is none that I was aware of .. It's about checking out -- and I guess I'm answering Shakespeare by saying, "It's not so bad" .. I say guess because I don't try to analyze these little pieces. I leave that to others. I do what feels good to me.
