Sunday 27 January 2013

Research | "I have a dream"

"I have a dream" is the informal title for the speech made by Martin Luther King on Wednesday, 28th August, 1963. It called for an end to the racism in America that had been controlling the black community for 100 years past their supposed release in 1863. The speech was made from the steps of Lincoln Memorial, to over 250,000 civil right supporters. It was a hugely defining moment in the American Civil Rights Movement.

The phrase "I have a dream" came at the end of the speech, in which King tells the crowd of his dreams, and of the black Americans rising up to become of equal power in a land of hatred and racism. 

The speech themes:
  • Struggle
  • Uprising
  • Brighter future
With these themes in mind I'm going to come up with a storyline for a 1 - 2 minute video to coincide with the speech. I've already thought about having a physical struggle against something to convey that, and then a relief at the end of the video to convey a brighter future, with uprising being shown in the middle of course. 

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