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September 06, 2017

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Logline: Silent bell speaks volumes for those without a voice. Genres: Historical - goes over the history of the liberty bell Political - juxtaposes imagery of old and current political, race, and human rights issues Signifiers of genre: a bit of a montage aesthetic Juxtaposition of black and white vs color Historical audio Themes: Being heard. Acceptance. Tolerance. Shots: Opens with the liberty bell layered over background, with tourists in front and a park ranger to the side. Bell and tourist groups slide into picture from behind background layers, ranger comes in from left. Audio - "Liberty bell starts breaking right away." Audio - "starts cracking" Zoom into bell as we hear and see it start to crack. Audio - "try to fix it" tapes over cracks Audio - "voids the warranty" NO RETURN gets stamped over bell. Audio - "Silenced bell, with no voice" paper image of bell fades into 3D version o...

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First sound you hear is the bell start cracking as the screen fades up on sharp layered textures. Liberty rises up from the between layers as audio starts - t he liberty bell starts breaking right away. It starts cracking, we try to fix it - cam starts to slowly move in on crack Voiding the warrant y - a no return sign is stamped over the bell A bell with no voice, isn't that sad? , color starts to fade, cam is still moving in This big broken bell - cam zooms out again but the bell is a full 3d model of bell hanging in dark space As he goes on to talk about how it becomes a symbol for people who don't have a voice, the bell turns and we get closer to see it graffiti-ed with all these older causes (slavery, suffrage, ect.). We cut closer and farther to better see as the bell turn until “ becomes their symbo l” Then he starts naming ppl who have spoken by the liberty bell we go back to layered paper style. The camera moves up as more layers appear and the bell...

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