Title (provisional): Porta Palazzo: remember
Length: 6 minutes (provisional)
Draft: 4 (6/28/2010)
Author: Guido Steps
Contact: guidogiga@gmail.com - Tel 393.1947626
License: Creative Commons - Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs 2.5 Italy
Abstract
In Hope & Glory. The three capital Edmondo De Amicis described in 1911 as the market of Porta Palazzo in Turin: "Under the vast sheds, between the long rows of shacks of cloth merchants, the box office knick-knacks and an exhibition of pottery air open, amid mountains of fruit, vegetables and chicken, piles of baskets and bags, among the hustle and bustle of the carts, the smoke of roasted chestnuts and pears cooked, turns around and stirs a confusingly dense crowd of peasants, servants, dishwashers, is to wrapped up in shawls, ladies housewives, ordinances with the basket on his arm, loads of porters, women and kids numbed the people that make the black square. Around the market stalls is a continuous succession of deals and crowded and waste of discussions at a dry and truncated phrases, voices of surprise and indignation, of apostrophes and sacred, that blend together in a dull murmur and widespread, as a multitude of discontented ".
Fiorenzo Oliva, in 2006, is telling one of his characters in his The World in a square: "My grandfather was born between these pathways at the end of the nineteenth century. He always told me that when he was young at the sides of the market stalls There were storytellers, jugglers, charlatans, and puppet theaters. Everything was colorful and festive, among the thousands of items always differed, the melodious sound of violins and trumpets, produced by some musicians strummer who lived on alms. The market was already living in the middle of the night, the farmers came with wagons from the land of Turin and prepared the tables with the dim light of lanterns. When finally everything was ready, with traders waiting for the sunrise. ... The soul of Porta Palazzo has remained the same. There were some characters in the '60s and '70s animated the streets to make some money. I remember the fire-eater, the choreography of the tumblers, which raised the Maciste giant papier-mache boulders. From Gagno *, ** monsù Maciste was my hero. "
Porta Palazzo is the largest market area in Europe. At the beginning of '900 De Amicis called the belly of Turin, to emphasize the visceral humanity that populates the square. Today Porta Pila (as it is appealed by many of Turin) shows the same characteristics, contaminated by the simultaneous multi-ethnic station: to finish
Synopsis
An emotional journey into memories of a character through the streets of Porta Palazzo. The protagonist (called John) is a retired pawnbroker with a passion for video filming. His life is completely turned around the square: Porta Palazzo is not only his work, to be left to close the shop to return to their homes in another area of \u200b\u200bthe city. As all the people of Porta Pila, John lives in the village and there spend all hours of the day.
Filmed entirely subjective and never acted, the film is a succession of images related to this sequence and memories, set in contemporary Porta Palazzo.
Present
John walks the streets of the neighborhood with a Super 8 camera in hand and its outline is visible only reflected (on a window, on a pool of ' water) or framed with narrow fields. Walking among the landmarks of his entire life, lingers on the faces of ethnic groups unknown to him during his youth, even the screams of the market now speak the language of multicultural global, as well as products that come from different points around the world. The ways of the Quadrilateral (Area of \u200b\u200bthe district now elected a new trend for bars and shops) are no longer dangerous and dark but lit up the dawn from the life of bars and restaurants. Vintage clothing stores have taken the place of ancient workshops. The historic churches are surrounded by religious and cultural symbols of a new age, even his Balun welcomed new objects of this modern melting pot.
Past
The memories of a life living inside of him as the streets of his neighborhood: wandering aimlessly between the angles of Porta Palazzo, John grabs the Super 8 to resume some views. The typical image processing is reminiscent of that film (see Treatment) and the characters of his memory come alive: the spectacle of acrobats who attended as a child under the Porte Palatine, his first stall at the market, her marriage, friendly faces who stop to greet him, the funeral of an acquaintance, and the fire-breathing monsù Maciste who entertain the customers. All of these scenes the actors are dressed in period costumes ranging from the second post-war until the late '80s, due to the temporality of his memories. The setting however is not subject to any adjustment: are the streets and squares of Porta Palazzo as seen today, with their cars, public transport, shops and residents. The feeling that is offered is what we have when we set a place known to us (such as the corner of a house, a square, a bench) and remember imagining a person or an event.
Among them, a memory in particular by strong emotion in short: the daughter of John. In the first sequence is a baby attached to the mother's breast, then a little girl who plays festive, to become the mature woman who is now "coming out" from the memories in Super 8 and accompanying John in the final sequence (the only non- subjective): an overview of the Piazza della Repubblica (the market) with the two walking at sunset, when the day is almost over and the market stalls are re-assembled for another day of Porta Palazzo.
processing images and sound
The movie will be shot entirely with Canon 5D Mark II camera with optical cameras fixed in Full HD, preferring the mean fields and courts (the latter especially on faces). Much of the filming will be carried out with mini steady, underlining the pace of John in his walk: it thus transmits the sensation of walking through the streets of our the neighborhood.
sequences related to past (that is when John grabs the camera to shoot) are treated with an effect that is a mix between Super 8 film camera and the Holga. The steps between past and present are highlighted by the sight of the Super 8 that comes close to the room: For John grabs the camera and close to his eye to film. The shooting mode will always be small but steady shots with the most studied: it is not a simple walk, John is in fact an amateur video and wants to frame his subjects (the memories) from a personal point of view and calculated.
The soundtrack is a song that recalls the music of the film after the second war, with a carefree and melancholic atmospheres (ref. Henry Mancini). Here too, the alternation between past and present is underlined by a change in sound: the music is first given to the highest quality of sound, will be second in softly veiled by an effect "vinyl," absolutely not too sharp .
to be part of the soundtrack for this short, recorded sounds from nature: the screams of the market, its noises, notes of street musicians who go to counterpoise music, the applause of the kids entertainers, the widespread clamor typical of that area. These sounds will be "under" the audio track to complement the atmosphere ECJ will meet and remember John with his Super 8.
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