Janet and Keats

The very last sonnet that John Keats wrote before he died at age 25 was this,

Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art! -
Not in lone splendor hung aloft the night,
And watching, with eternal lids apart,
Like Nature's patient sleepless Eremite,
The moving waters at their priest-like task
Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,
Or gazing on the new soft fallen mask
Of snow upon the mountains and the moors -
No -yet still steadfast, still unchangeable,
Pillowed upon my fair love's ripening breast,
To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,
Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,
Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,
And so live ever -or else swoon to death.

I was reading some of Keats' work, and got inspired to to watch an Australian film in correlation with the BBC that was made about his life called Bright Star. Besides the fact it was EXTREMELY sad, it was a very beautifully made movie.

As i was watching it, the nerd inside me started to realize that the composition of the scenes reminded me of my work and how i have been choosing to lay out my narrative pieces I've been doing.









Janet Patterson was the fashion designer and set designer of the film. She also did movies like The Piano and Oscar and Lucinda. Janet has a beautiful natural way of dressing actors and film sets that i really admire. I feel that in order to make my images more successful i need to look into more cinematic way of looking at things. It was suggested to me during crits that people view my images like a film and the off screen information, or lack of information kept each of my pieces independent as well as linked. Ive been trying to research films that i like the space and design of and follow their creators.


(Here's a shot from the Piano that i really enjoyed.)


So Bright Star with good ol' Janet here was my first endeavor. Comments, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.