Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Ellen Foster: The Video Diaries

"When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy..."
Ellen Foster

During my senior year of high school my English class was assigned to read Kaye Gibbon's Ellen Foster, a tragic tale of a young girl on a quest to find the one she can truly call "mamma." As a response to the novel, my class was asked to illustrate certain themes and symbols represented in the story. I, as I did with all assignments, asked the teacher's permission for my group to make a movie instead. She agreed. I'm sure she regretted it. Here it is:

3 comments:

Dutchess said...

And your grade on this fine feature?

Tyler Smith said...

A+

Holly said...

So her mom was an alien?