Confession time again, I rarely go to movies. The last one I went to was “A Complete Unknown,” and before that, “A Star Is Born.” Both were great movies. Worse, I’m not artistic. So, I’m twisting again. Oh, I loved that dance. I don’t have a sense of rhythm and you can twist and get away without one–a sense of rhythm!

So Sofia’s challenge is certainly a challenging one for me! I tried to make images look as cinematic as I could, and came up with a storyline for each picture. Here goes!

While on a wonderful vacation, a young couple are witness to a murder! They are not seen. What do they do? Go to the police and maybe ruin their vacation? Go home–fast? Or continue their vacation as if nothing happened? Or were they seen by the killer???

A storm recently came through this amazing vacation spot. These were left standing. What are they? What were their significance. How severe was the storm. Will the small town recover?

It’s getting late in the day, and time for picnickers to end their fun day of??? This is your story because I can’t come up with a good plot. I’m a non-fiction writer! I do want to read your ideas!

The party’s over. Everyone has gone home, leaving this balloon arrangement all alone. What was cheered at this party? A birthday, promotion, wedding, divorce?? What do you think????

Now this is one smart store owner. They have provided a bench outside their shop for the proverbial husband whose wife is shopping and has a credit card. He trusts her not to spend too much since he’s relaxing and reading a book. Or, was that book provided by the storekeeper so his wife would spend more time in the store? What do you think?

Your special places posted last week were wonderful. John certainly got our travel juices going. When you respond to Sofia’s challenge, please link back to her post and use the Lens-Artists tag. Ritva will be challenging us next week, so get ready and look for her post.

In the meantime, stay healthy and live in gratitude!

53 thoughts on “Lens Artists Challenge #346: Cinematic”

  3. Anne, you are not artistic??? Ha! This post and photos just proved you wrong. Whether with the whodunit or the storm or the others, these are very cinematic both in content and editing choices. My favorite of all is the unsuspecting husband on the bench. Great post!

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  4. This is great Anne, I loved the way you went after the challenge, really creative! As for the rock outcrop without a story “The last time he was seen he’d been gazing over the rocks to the sea beyond. What or who was he thinking about?”

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  9. You and me both – I too am an infrequent cinema goer. But you have shown yourself to be a pro at constructing cinema-worthy dramas. I’ll go and see your two seaside dramas when they come on screen!

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    1. Thanks Margaret! You had me laughing this morning. We went to the theater to see “A Great Unknown” and within a month, it was on TV. So if we wait a month, we don’t have to pay extra to see it!

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  11. I really like your take on this. It made for a good read. I think you got it all wrong with your non artistic self assessment. I don’t go to the cinema either. I can’t deal with all the eating, talking and mobile phone use going on around me. 🫤

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    1. Thanks Steve! I decided to focus on the possible stories a picture could tell. I don’t go to the movies because there’s really nothing to see. I can watch movies on the TV and be selective.

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  14. For someone who doesn’t go to the cinema very often you’ve come up with some great ideas for this challenge! I like the way you invented some plots (I stopped at just inventing titles, which was challenge enough for me!) I reckon that shopkeeper knew what he was doing when he installed that bench, as even if he didn’t provide the book, a comfortable husband is less likely to be hurrying his wife to finish shopping!

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    1. Thanks Sarah! I think we were on the same path. I was never good at titles! Absolutely, the shopkeeper knew that an engaged husband led to a happy wife which then increased his bottom line! Smart? Devious?

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  22. enjoyed your post and I do not think the man is waiting his wife at all….. He looks like he went there and grabbed a book from the give away pile and is just catching a read on his walk. hahaha – but the husband waiting for the wife is very common….
    also, regarding the balloons – let’s combine it with the “getting late in the day, and time for picnickers to end their fun day of….” celebrating their 10 year anniversary. They left the party and balloons behind to just have some alone time – but now they will meet the others for dinner and all will go home.
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    anyhow, loved your opening murder witness story and photo

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