MOVIE QUEEN LESSON

Gold, silver and white. Three crowns on three queens. Confident, beautiful and wise. I know these are still movie queens, and perhaps we should look further than these three women for inspiration. But scrolling through my media, the colours in this photo stopped me in my tracks, so that was the main reason I wanted to share it, however, it got me thinking...

It may be considered a little shallow to revere actors the way we do, but perhaps that opinion infers judgemental people simply underestimate the power of a story. Since we first took shelter, we shared stories; over 30,000 years ago the cave paintings at Lascaux in France show visual depictions in sequence describing hunting and the environment. Without technology to occupy our evenings and religion to shape our view of the world, we would look to an elder. This would often be a wiseWOman, a storyteller, to occupy us, teach and inspire us, comfort us and guide us.

In many magical ways, these talented artists continue that idea by bringing women's lives to the big screen, and telling our collective story. We see ourselves in the characters, empathise with their lot, ask ourselves how we might behave in similar situations, and invest in their outcomes. We feel their fragility and strength, their failures and triumphs. We witness heart break, falling in love, deep enduring connection, and all permutations in-between. We draw inspiration from the screen lighting up with authors, mothers, prostitutes, doctors, scientists, politicians, femmes fatales, artists, queens, crime fighters and wild rebel women.

So, here's the question;

• If you saw yourself in a movie, what character would you play?
• Do you star in your own movie or is someone else in your spotlight?
• Did you write the screen play? Who did?
• Where and when and how does the story begin?
• How does it end?
• Is it a saga, drama, romance, thriller, action movie, feel good movie, a comedy or a mix? 
• Are there setbacks and plot twists? Remind yourself that movie would be dull without them.
• Has your character overcome challenges? Did it make them shut down, bitter and cynical or enlightened, more robust and grateful?
• Did you choose the location?
• Have you chosen the set design?
• What about the costumes?
• The theme tune?
• Does the location, set design, costumes and music clearly tell your audience who you are?
• What are the three best qualities about your character? Are they truly visible to the audience?
• Who is your leading lady or leading man?
• Would the audience pick up the chemistry? Can you?
• Who’s your sidekick?
• Who are the main characters?
• Who is the producer of this most important masterpiece?

Have you had to wrestle back control of your own movie?

More than once? It’s okay. It happens a lot. You suddenly remember you are being “directed.”

And that simply won’t do. You just need to remember it’s your name in lights, so you be the diva.

Please tell me it’s you.

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Tanya

With much gratitude to actresses Andie MacDowell, Jodie Foster and Dame Helen Mirren in Cannes, 2021