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Cinematic and narrative ideas

Cinematic ideas
Something very important I would like to incorporate in my film is the use of actual footage from the trial and the media at the time- as I feel it would make people who experienced the OJ trial to reminisce on the trial, the media’s treatment of Marcia Clarke and their own treatment of her. As at the time there were very mixed opinions on the prosecutor. Something else I feel is very important for me to incorporate is having it all set in one location and only having “Marcia” in the film as it is all reflecting their experiences. I intend for the muse en scene to be very dark and grey as I feel they reflect feeing lifeless and trying to not stand out which is arguabley how she felt at the time, with all the media attention bartering her and criticing her for being a woman and trying to not stand out for her gender and be seen as equal in the courtroom

Narrative ideas

When it comes to the narrative I want to keep the time and date of the film ambiguous in terms of when the trial it is set(although it will be later in the trial as all the events had taken place) and this is so the focus isn’t taken from the point of the film- showing how awfully Marcia was treated as a woman. I also don’t want any other characters involved in the actual scene, however I also like the idea of having someone playing Chris Darden as a woman as it is a gender bend on what happened. I would like to keep it solely Marcia as she is the focus of what I am trying to say about the portrayal of women in power.

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