1. The game is to start, for all intents and purposes, with the selection of two children, one male and one female -- "A" and "E," as we will refer to them throughout the procedure -- drawn from a selection of applicants volunteered by their parents. It is here that we should note the extreme care that must be taken by any legal department brave enough to assume responsibility for this game. There is no criteria, specifically, needed for these children, other than their genders, the need for them to speak the same language, and that their age must be between ten and eleven years. While the "casting process" may be filmed to ensure absolute transparency in the project, there is no need to make it a focal point of the game as recorded.
2. The chilrdren are to be introduced to each other only by first initials, and will not be given a chance to engage in "samll talk" and proper introductions. Instead, in this small room, they will be seated next to each other on a small couch and asked to listen to the once well known jazz standard "The Last Time We Saw Paris" in it's entirety. They will be equipped with a full lyrics sheet, in case their comprehension of the material is called into question. Along with the lyrics, they willbe giben the following set of instructional material.
1st Set of Instructions to be Given Children "A" and "E"
- "After hearing the music you willbe given a full 3 minutes of time to be used in contemplation. Use this opportunity to build, in your mind, a series of images and associations based on the music. You will not be given the option of writing these thoughts down. You will be asked to call upon these thoughts in the future.
- The person sitting next to you will be considered your partner for hte remainder of the exercise. Once the 3 minutes provided have ended you will be asked to turn to your partner and proceed in the course of a dialogue. Through the course of this dialogue, in which you will draw upon your associations from the minutes prior, you will work to create a narrative in which you both have been married for 30 years. In this dialogue you must discuss, to the benefit of the camera, what importance this song has had through your long years of marriage, and why; be descriptive, and make sure to use detai. Each and every word you say will be filmed and archived. "
It is essential that subjects "A" and "E" understand the instructions as presented, since the rest of the game will rely on the material they have generated during the filmed recording of this, the second portion.
3. The dialogue written by the two children will be given to two adults, professional actors (as it were), who will act out the situations and descriptions found in the dialogue generated by the children. This activity will be filmed, edited, and scored, as if it were a romantic drama in a Hollywood mode. Whatever time and effort must be expended in this step may as well be taken; the next step of the game will not take place until 30 years have come and gone.
4. In order to take the next step, we will wait a full 30 years, so that the two subjects ("A" and "E") have grown to the point where they are the same age as the fictional characters described by their dialogue in section 2.B. They will be contacted; te present circumstances will be documented carefully.
5. Gathered together in front of our cameras, in a room reconstructed to look exactly like the room we first filmed them in, "A" and "E" will be shown the film that was finished in segment 3. They will be asked to create another dialogue, using exactly the same instructions given to them as children; the song "The Last Time We Saw Paris" will naturally have been featured heavily in the film shown to the two participants, who we can no longer refer to as children after all.
6. The game will only be completed once the film has been edited and screened for those who have significantly participated in the game itself. The finished film that will be considered no more than a necessary byproduct of the game will be made available to the general public; the film, we restate, is a byproduct of the game, not the ultimate aim at all. The true end of the game is the screening of the edited film, shown only to those who had participated; within a closed room, a screening of which there is to be no official record made at all.
3. The dialogue written by the two children will be given to two adults, professional actors (as it were), who will act out the situations and descriptions found in the dialogue generated by the children. This activity will be filmed, edited, and scored, as if it were a romantic drama in a Hollywood mode. Whatever time and effort must be expended in this step may as well be taken; the next step of the game will not take place until 30 years have come and gone.
4. In order to take the next step, we will wait a full 30 years, so that the two subjects ("A" and "E") have grown to the point where they are the same age as the fictional characters described by their dialogue in section 2.B. They will be contacted; te present circumstances will be documented carefully.
5. Gathered together in front of our cameras, in a room reconstructed to look exactly like the room we first filmed them in, "A" and "E" will be shown the film that was finished in segment 3. They will be asked to create another dialogue, using exactly the same instructions given to them as children; the song "The Last Time We Saw Paris" will naturally have been featured heavily in the film shown to the two participants, who we can no longer refer to as children after all.
6. The game will only be completed once the film has been edited and screened for those who have significantly participated in the game itself. The finished film that will be considered no more than a necessary byproduct of the game will be made available to the general public; the film, we restate, is a byproduct of the game, not the ultimate aim at all. The true end of the game is the screening of the edited film, shown only to those who had participated; within a closed room, a screening of which there is to be no official record made at all.
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