concepts
By:
Ray Bradbury
Project:
Film concept
Franz Kafka
based on a screenplay by Harold Pinter
An ambitious, worldly young bank official named Joseph K. is arrested by two warders "one fine morning," although he has done nothing wrong. K. is indignant and outraged. The morning happens to be that of his thirtieth birthday. One year later, on the morning of his thirty-first birthday, two warders again come for K. They take him to a quarry outside of town and kill him in the name of the Law. K. lets them. He has been defeated by the System.
We see the world through K.'s eyes and the more absurd and dangerous it becomes, the more it manifests in his surroundings.
Inspired by:
Jean Cocteau's film Beauty and the Beast (1946)
I envision this as a film that lays somewhere between live-action and animation.
For example - during the journey from Beauty's home to Beast's castle, the actress will walk in one spot while a screen will move behind her, changing the "scenery" from warm-colored wheat fields to a cool-colored forest.
The Beast's castle will be equipped with surveillence monitors hidden inside antique furniture. As Beauty leaves his castle, he will watch her through the security cameras and her face will fill the halls of the castle.
There is much more...email me if you're interested, and I'll tell you all about it : )
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