Narrative Project - Brief
Narrative Storytelling Project
Idea 1:
Ernest Hemingway’s Hills Like White Elephants
https://www.gvsd.org/cms/lib/PA01001045/Centricity/Domain/765/HillsPDFText.pdf
Idea 2: Intertwining Story or the sharing of a cigarette packet.
Based on similar intertwining themes: Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain
My parents are real estate agents which meant that I hung out around a lot of different houses when I was little. I got to see houses be passed between different owners with various backgrounds. Between those transactional encounters, I only got a glimpse of who these people are. What do their lives really consist of? What will they do with the house when they buy it? Will they enjoy the house as much as the previous owners?
Houses hold a lot of stories. Their structures are more of a time capsule of the memories that happened within. Those physical blemishes on floors and walls tell big and small moments. New paint covers the old. Scratches on hardwood possibly tell a story of constant movers. Paint splatters may have meant that their once lived a painters. Cigarettes found in the cupboards may allude to an entirely different person. These stories live on through a house but can be forgotten too easily. A house can be a token of the best moments in your life and sometimes the worst.
Currently, I live in a house that was built in 1906 and most of the house is exactly the same except for some fixtures. The floors and walls have remained untouched. There are over 1000 years of stories that live on in 1129 11th St. What can three intertwining lives tell you about what went on in that house.
Logline
Three strangers lives intertwine by renting a room in an old house on the hill, these lives would be connected through a single pack of cigarettes that would all impact their lives shedding light on their own personal disasters.
See moodboard here.
Components
Old pictures found at Art Parts
Red Board (Have one)
RFID Tag (https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9417)
Audio Components