Merlot Commentary and Spoilers IV

We now come to my favorite shot and that is of Miriam sitting at the table alone and we are hearing a conversation from the mental ward bleeding through. The conversation is between an older woman and a somewhat patronizing doctor. If I haven’t mentioned this already The name Miriam means wife of the sea. The Dr. now reveals the punchline and that is that Miriam's husband and son are dead, Miriam is actually had a breakdown because of it and has left reality. Miriam only responds by telling a poem that she remembers her husband reading to her. Finally we hear Miriam speak with her own words and in the real world and all Miriam has to say to the Doctor and the audience is "Memories are my only vision" This is not only a comment of don’t take this away from me but also a cry for help. Shannon did an excellent job in delivering this line. Are last shot is the same as the first shot it is of the boy washed out playing at the play ground. Her last memory of her son. We hear the Doctor in the background calling for Miriam but she is gone. There were two other stories that actually tied into merlot. Merlot is related to the Wednesday woman in kind of a prequel fashion and a 45 minute short I wrote called May and June actually wraps the story up with a happy ending. I have decided not to do those projects at this point. Wednesday woman overlaps on some of the plot points and would be redundant in places while May and June effort would be to much for me to undertake at this point. Oh the painting behind Miriam is Picasso’s the Dream oh and if I havent mentioned this the clock does not move and is the time of death for her husband and son. I think that wraps it up for explanations. Susan, Shannon, Robert and the crew did a great job. This was originally going to be Jeff heading to the store to get chips so we could figure out how to do shots. Although the effort was bigger I am happy we did it this way. I cut about 5 minutes out of short to make it a bit quicker and may add it back in sometime in the future, along with our stair decent shot that was so cool.