Maya Deren

Maya Deren was born in the Ukraine in April 1917, as war broke out her family moved to the United States where she went to university. After Deren had left university she joined the European émigré art scene where she worked as a editorial assistant and photographer. It wasn't until her father died that she bought a camera a 16mm Bolex camera.

Meshes of the Afternoon was originally meant to be a silent film but Deren's third husband done the sound for it. Meshes of the Afternoon stared Deren and for me it is one of those films that ask the questions and make audiences really think about what they see and hear. 

As in my previous post on Abbas Kiarostami we talked about how we want to capture the essence of the child in the forest but what I am taking of Deren's Meshes of the Afternoon is the editing style I want the film to ask the questions about the child and the forest, will the audience relate to the child or will they question their own childhood, will it make the audience think that their own childhood wasn't all that great or make them question childhood. It may make them question there own children's childhood they may think the child is being destructive where they are only playing in there own world.