Surrealism and Social Injustices

Reverting my idea back to using surrealism I have a lot more scope in what and how I do things. I needed to have a think about some of the issues I could display in my short film and I had a chat with a few of my friends.

The main issue i've chosen to address is body image and being part of the social 'norm'. I understand that things such as body image, delving into problems like anorexia and bullemia is a very difficult subject to talk about, however because i'm approaching them in a surrealist way, so hopefully nothing I choose to do will be crass or disrespectful. The other issue I want to explore is being a part of the 'social norm'. As teenagers we do things that makes us seemingly fit in with our peers, things such as drinking and smoking; we know that there are severe health implications, however that doesnt cross our mind. I want to explore all these issues.

I  almost dont want these issues to be completely prominent in my short  film and they're not really the key themes. I still want the key theme to be growing up and the development throught school and the changes.

I want to begin the short somewhere really juvenille and innocent, perhaps a nursery school. I want to use the idea's researched before about using bright colours to display innocence and the memories  we have when we're younger.

I think the thing that's going to make my piece have the more surrealist edge is the use of sound. I did some more research into surrealist practictioners such as Artaud and had a think about how sound really evokes feelings. This is the way I want to get audiences attention.

I love the use of fragmented sound, its really interesting to deconstruct the meaning of the sounds and  what the overarching themes are. The interesting thing is that in surrealism its social issues are displayed not only in a more dramatic way, but also in a way that each individual person can relate to it however they want. This has always been something I want to get accross in my film.