Magical Realism

In this video I played with the idea of Magical realism and how someone is affected emotionally into thinking that something is there when it isn't. Our idea was that the man is dreaming about his lost lover who he is seen with in his dreams but she isn't there because they are no longer together. I faded the beginning black and white footage into the dream-like footage to make it seem like he's dreaming. I gave the footage a romantic feel to reflect what the man is feeling emotionally. Some footage wasn't useable so it was hard to put together a full clip but I feel that this short clip shows what the full clip would look like. I definitely think theres room for improvement, for example, there could've been more footage at the beginning of the man in reality, perhaps stumbling across items that remind them of his lover. I also think that if we decided on what props to use we could've taken our ideas in a different direction than a romantic relationship. For example, we could've taken a more comical route of a dazed man imaging things are there after being intoxicated; the camerawork, mise-en-scene, editing and lighting could reflect this. For me, it was important to understand the concept of Magical Realism because the film that I am studying, 'Pan's Labyrinth', shows Magical Realism through the main character Ofelia's belief in make belief which distracts her from the struggles she has to cope with in reality.