"And from her brown-locked head the wimple throws, And takes it in her hand and waves it over the blossomed thorn tree and her sleeping lover. Nine times she waved the fluttering wimple round, And made a little plot of magic ground.”
I can see this in my head; the sleeping happy in-love Merlin asleep under a beautiful but thorny tree, and the conniving woman twirling her wimple in fluttering circles over him to cast an evil spell.
Could an image be drawn to create a contrast of vulnerable innocence of love, and premeditated evil conniving deceit in just one scene – like a blossom and a thorn?
I am hung up on the blossoming thorn bush/tree. The fairy could twirl her wimple over a bush but how could Merlin lie under it? So I guess it has to be a huge blossoming tree and she just twirls the wimple over Merlin lying underneath. ohhhhh…big abstract forms.
Rob instructs: "The first thing to think about is the point of view...where is the camera/eye positioned. Is it above, looking down through the trees. I wonder how long a wimple is when it's unfurled? I suspect it would make a big circular shapes if waved deftly, so you can have a strong white circle in a dark field with Merlin's light head in the center.
Think about the big shapes, not the eyelashes!"
Rob went on to say on another post to speak the emotions with the forms not with expressions on the face. Great direction. Did I accomplish this. Will up-load on to Cennini and find out.
BTW - The Thornbush is a flowing tree. It has five petal clusters and three pointed leaves. The wimple head covering: Worn by Medevil times (nuns wear them) a shoulder length scarf to cover the head, neck, forehead of a maiden. A cloth is cleaned, cut into strips and sewn into a sash measuring six or seven inches wide and ten or twelve feet long.
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