WangN+Week+10

Thinking about my Visual Story Project in terms of Ramage 5's interpretive relationships.

1. "in terms" of something else. When reading my poem, Randall Jarell's "Death of the Ball Turret Gunner," they think of other mediums involving war. They may think of war films such as Saving Private Ryan or more recent films like The Hurt Locker. They all deal with the idea of "our boys" or "our children" fighting and dying in war. However, I need to make sure that I concentrate their attention on the tragedy and not venture too far into the political turmoil that may come with this subject.

2. Within a particular genre. The genre is poetry. It is also a war genre, and can be associated with other atrocities of war. I need to keep control of the project because war and poetry is so vast--the attention of the audience needs to be concentrated on something small and significant. I think that making a "children's story" type of project may achieve this "small but mighty" effect that I am going for.

3. In light of personal observation. I have a very limited experience of war. I have been fortunate enough not to know many people personally that have gone to war, though I have been indirectly influenced by it. My parents are refugees of the Vietnam war. Therefore, I've always had this morbid curiosity about war and why humans involve themselves in something so ugly.

4. In the company of others. I want to tell a story of tragedy and fear by using images of children and imposing them onto a war-like background. I want to leave an atmosphere of political influence on war without delving too deep into it, because it could get messy. I am fascinated by human conflict, and I want to leave the audience wondering "why we do it," too.