My first initial idea was to create a notice board of sorts with old snippets of what was happening at the time and with my research I feel as though I can now link this to a more meaningful and heartfelt concept, focusing on how history repeats itself and how we still let the same useless prosperities control others lives; for example, all the innocent people at risk due to their countries faults.

Remembrance Day is a memorial day raised to commemorate fallen soldiers and fellow aid to overall war efforts both past and present.  It is held in Commonwealth member states and has been since 1919, the end of World War 1. Remembrance Day, despite being to acknowledge all fallen military, is most commonly remembered in England through the main battles in our history: Pearl Harbour, D-Day, WW1 and WW2.  It takes place on the 11th of November every year and usually features a minutes silence at 11 o'clock. One of the main ways of showing respect on this day is through the prementioned minute of silence, and by wearing or buying a poppy. The reasons we use poppies isn't due to a hidden floral meaning but due to a poem written by a lieutenant once he spotted a old battle field naturally growing in poppies.

During the armistice of November 11, 1918 the decision was made to distribute the land of the now fallen empires: The German Empire, The Russian Empire, The Austria-Hungary, and The Ottoman Empire. Through this the Allies decided to redraw the maps of Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, forming new countries to make up for the new free land, these countries being:  Poland, the Baltics, Finland (from the Russian Empire) ; Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia (from the Austro-Hungarian  Empire) ; and Turkey (from the Ottoman Empire) .

Despite being triggered by the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, WW1 was prolonged due to political disagreements over land and country borders. This was also one of the main causes of World War 2, and is the main catalyst of modern wars today with the addition of religious beliefs such as the current war between Russia and Ukraine, along with the many wars littering the Middle East over the last few decades.

Physical Project Research

Digital Project Research

Silent Cinema:

Silent Cinema was common between 1895-1927 due to the lack of film technology at the time. The film form was present from the early short films to full length feature films; this is also the period where the foundations of cinematography were founded. Silent cinema was very popular at the time due to its modernity and despite being less audio active than theatre at the time it still brought in a larger audience.

WW1 Films:

As film was becoming more popular at the time of the Great War, many directors saw this as a great opportunity and method to tell the story of the war along with their own respective views on the event.

I started my Final Piece with a mock film in order to get a general idea and sort of template of how I wanted my film to turn out. In the development of this I faced the realization that my initial idea of how I wanted to convey my point would be hard for some, if not most, people to interpret. This did cause a slight delay as I decided to reconfigure my idea in order to make this point more prominent.

I chose to adjust my film to include video footage from each war as it would still, for the most part, represent the film technology of the time. I also decided to use text and subtitles to highlight my point as well as including a warning since this sort of content can be distressing for a lot of people. The text note at the end of this film is an example of the border I'm not willing to cross as this is being put in a college environment and I would like to keep it as censored as possible for mainly this reason.