MFA Visual Narrative
Visual Narrative MFA Thesis Film
School of Visual Arts
MFA Visual Narrative is a low-residency program that gives equal emphasis to creative writing and to visual art in all mediums. This merger of art and writing is a powerful tool that we think of as a whole new language. We call it Visual Writing. And our students are fluent. But fluent communication takes commitment and requires total immersion. It’s intense, it’s empowering and it gives new purpose to your creativity. You’ll find that the MFAVN is more than a graduate program; it’s a new way of seeing the world.
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Story Development
WHO IS PERSEPHONE?
Persephone has just experienced the death of her mother Demeter and has returned to her childhood home to pack up her mother's belongings and her memories.
Now that she is back in this house, her grief is challenging her with the decision of what to do next. To leave this memory palace, or not.
Inspiration
INSPIRATION
Inspired by the Greek Myth of Persephone and Demeter
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Persephone goddess of flowers and the seasons
Demeter, Persephone’s mother, goddess of vegetation and the fertility of the earth.
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SETTING
ART NOUVEAU (1890-1910)​
The natural world was a central inspiration in Art Nouveau, manifested in diverse ways. Perhaps prompted by mass urban migration, Art Nouveau designers using stylised floral and organic forms to bring nature back to modern life. Crustaceans and dragonflies, orchids and irises, poppies and tulips: many flora and fauna appeared on Art Nouveau glassware, ceramics, interiors and in book illustrations.
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MOODBOARDS
