The angels, Damiel and Cassiel listen to the thoughts of a variety of people and have been on earth for . An old Holocaust victim, and then parents worried about their children, then the passengers on trams and the people in the streets. It is as though they are turning a dial and hearing snatches of many radio programs.The angels’ curiosity about the true lives of men leads to desire and the desire of the angels to fall is a brilliant twist to the film. This has inspired me for a couple of films I would like to film for my final year at university and through this blog I shall expand my ideas and research them in more detail. For one of the films I'd like to make is the the ability to read people's minds. Revealing secrets through this ability. We'll then get to see how people feel on the inside which then makes us look at them completely differently. You can guide the audience through a roller coaster of emotions and stories told from many characters and how fascinating it would be to look at someone who looks fine and happy but are really living a life of hell. Also, the idea of mind manipulation is an incredibly uncomfortable thought but one that would make a great film, shot in different and obscure ways.
I really loved the stunning blend of sounds and images in Wings of Desire, shot in black and white and colour by Henri Alekan. Director, Wim Wenders decided to film scenes depicting the human perspective in colour, and those depicting the angels' perspective in black-and-white. Where colour shows the surface of things, black-and-white shows their essence. This technique has inspired me to use similar elements in another film of mine. Although simple, the idea would be to focus on different emotions, starting from black and white (as they are seen as 'empty' colours) and as the film progresses colour is introduced through the emotions felt by the character. So black and white to begin with, then blue for sadness to yellow for happiness and red for anger or danger.
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