Ten Components of "When you find me" (Project Imagination)

"When you find me" addresses all ten elements of photography. These ten themes* are expressed through the director and cinematographer's choices in stage design and techniques.

The Unknown

The first relation to a theme was inspired by the scene of a tree, strategically taken in overexposure, which helps give the tree heavenly and mysterious qualities. The scene of the tree serves as the opening scene in this movie, giving the plot line some unknown qualities. This was created to attract the audience’s attention towards a symbol that is repeated throughout the movie. This first instance where this symbol is used in the main character’s dreams.

                                                                                    Relation

The most emotional interaction that occurs during this movie is the passing of the girl’s mother. This scene begins to explain the reason for the visions the main character, Lisle, receives in her dreams. When her mother dies, infant Lisle has a goal to reach her mother once again. Later, adult Lisle breaks a long-lasting grudge involving her sister, Aurora, to tell of the vision she has had since childhood.


Character
This next scene addresses the theme of character well, as it begins Lisle’s devotions towards finding her mother. Lisle’s perception of death has not yet been established at that age, which helps her envision a magnificent world were her mother
lives. The image helps Lisle’s character progress, as there is a visible change in the conception and representation of heaven. As the plot develops, the notion of heaven becomes more concrete, with the everlasting discolored tree under which Lisle’s mother waits for her daughter. These improvements to Lisle’s character helps redefine the plot from the loss of innocence of a motherless child to the sustenance of belief that the visions have a meaning that can be interpreted.

                                                                                                        Backstory
It is, at certain times, difficult to differentiate what is certain to be the backstory and the main plot, as both advance at similar speeds and in similar ways. The adult Lisle remains confident in her visions and
wants to share this experience with her incredulous sister, just as the child Lisle wants to prove to her Aurora that heaven is easy to reach. Throughout the movie, there are several scenes that impose assumed facts that prove Lisle’s belief wrong. The subplot may not seem present, however the story revolves around the perseverance of Lisle’s innocence against obstacles ready to mislabel faith as immaturity.

Time
The theme of time is incorporated into this piece by demonstrating the change in Aurora’s personality as she begins to receive evidence in the accuracy of Lisle’s dreams. The fast change is mainly fueled by Aurora’s lack in comfort from knowing that her last words to her dying mother were harsh. As the story continues, time plays a major role in urging Aurora to accept Lisle’s explanation of the dream. Time helps highlight Aurora’s change in opinion. The explanation that Lisle is simply remembering a juvenile dream is slowly put out of question with the correct use of time as contemplation.

Obstacle
There are many obstacles that must be overcome in order for Lisle to explain to her sister the truth behind her visions. The most robust example of a barrier that had to be crossed was the skepticism that Lisle’s story from Aurora. This skepticism deteriorates as new details of the visions emerge, including passages that relate to private conversations between Aurora and mother before their mother’s death. As the previous disbelief in the dream becomes more believable, changes occur in Aurora’s actions. Acceptance through the defeat of obstacles is displayed as a crucial aspect of character in this movie, not
only as Aurora’s acceptance of the visions, but the mother’s acceptance of the apologies from Aurora as well.

         

                                                                                    Setting

The use of a symbolic setting for Lisle’s origin of her vision is highly effective in portraying the idea that Lisle’s dreams originate from her realization that her mother had died and been buried. This began the strive towards seeing her mother once again. Without this theme, the movie is much less clear, as this transition is well understood by Lisle, and less well by Aurora, who looses all hope in seeing her mother, as she had been taught the high improbability of seeing the dead.

Mood

As the most part of the movie is spent in a melancholy state, the climax occurs at the end of the film, leaving the resolution of the plot up to the audience. An interpretation of the films based on the mood of the movie can be that by becoming closer together, the sisters are able to comfort each other with the notion that their mother understands the sincerity of Aurora’s apologies. Aurora needed the consolation of knowing that her mother valued them as equals no mater how much rage they expressed towards her. Lisle felt it was her duty to explain this feeling of serenity with Aurora.

                                                                                    Goal
Unified goals between Lisle as a child and as an adult help the movie progress, as both want to persuade Aurora of the ability to see their dead mother through dreams. Lisle never was sure of the reason, but Aurora had maintained a long-lasting grudge against Lisle, however Lisle believed that this problem could be resolved through certain visions she experienced during her night in the cemetery. The movie ends when this goal is reached, suggesting the plot was based on the development of these goals.

Discovery
The discovery of new elements of the plot is equally necessary for the themes to intertwine. With each addition of elements, new opportunities to express new themes were available. The director was able to incorporate every theme into this story, yet discovery itself
was expressed throughout the story in several ways. Firstly,
the discovery of a variation of heaven helps young Lisle to comprehend her mother’s death, and contemplate methods of reuniting Aurora with her mother. Aurora’s discovery of Lisle’s dreams completed the cycle, as Aurora understood that her mother contented herself in being a constant part of her daughters’ thoughts.






*(see Project Imagina1i0n)