Treatment- About His Person By Simon Armitage
During my video a man whose voice is slightly eerie but very crisp and clear particularly when there are other sound effects will read the poem “About His Person” by Simon Armitage. I decided this because the poem is as if a policeman is reading a dead person’s belongings. The video will begin with a very bright image of a dead man who is lying on a concrete floor it will be as if the sun is shining into the camera lens. Concrete can symbolise the coldness and harshness of the world that has partially led to the man’s death. Some of the images that are evoked by the words of the poem will be represented by the images shown. But this will not be the case all the time, as I do not want the video to be overly literal. The video will always return to the image of the dead man as this is the most important image and should remain in the audience’s mind.
