Thursday, 17 April 2014
Friday, 4 April 2014
Short film progress
At the very beginning, Rachael and I couldn't agree on what genre to base our short film on. I wanted to do a 'pseudo-surrealist-shock-nightmare' story, and Rachael wanted to do a thriller about a guy who gets bullied and ends up being a werewolf and killing his bully.
After having a chat with Emma, we agreed on making a short film about kleptomania and how it affects the protagonist up to the point where she tries to cut her hands off. This story came along after Rachael and I accepted that we wouldn't be able to agree on a story that both of us liked, so we had to do one that neither did, so it wouldn't be unfair for one of us.
After I drew the complete storyboard for the film, and after a few failed attempts to get together with Rachael and film, I realised that, if there wasn't an extreme change in our strategy, we would get nowhere.
After Christmas passed, and we still didn't even have some footage good enough to use, I decided that I couldn't risk failing film because I couldn't agree with Rachael. So I decided to do my own story, use codes and conventions of the surrealist genre, but also of horror films, such as the tilted angles and dark lighting filters to create tension within the audience. I made a point of not using any of the work we had done previously. I didn't want it to seem like we tried to make a drama short film, and when it didn't make sense decided to call it surrealism. I didn't want this to happen because it's been my idea to make this short film since last year (see AS coursework), and none of the work I've done has been 'improvised'.
Currently I have filmed on three different occasions, have edited all the footage, and have a last filming session scheduled for this coming weekend. I have had to ask another friend to help me with camera work, and I will mark all the scenes she does as hers.
Apart from these few shots, I take credit for all the work that has been done regarding the film up to now, and am still waiting for Rachael to participate while it's still possible to.
I will make very clear distinctions between the work that I have done and the work that she has, mainly because I don't think it's fair that we both get marked for something that only one of us did. Making a short film is hard work, and specially if you're doing it on your own. But failing to produce a short film was out of the question, since I want to study film at university, I couldn't let something like what has happened to I don't want anyone to take credit for it if they didn't help.
At the very beginning, Rachael and I couldn't agree on what genre to base our short film on. I wanted to do a 'pseudo-surrealist-shock-nightmare' story, and Rachael wanted to do a thriller about a guy who gets bullied and ends up being a werewolf and killing his bully.
After having a chat with Emma, we agreed on making a short film about kleptomania and how it affects the protagonist up to the point where she tries to cut her hands off. This story came along after Rachael and I accepted that we wouldn't be able to agree on a story that both of us liked, so we had to do one that neither did, so it wouldn't be unfair for one of us.
After I drew the complete storyboard for the film, and after a few failed attempts to get together with Rachael and film, I realised that, if there wasn't an extreme change in our strategy, we would get nowhere.
After Christmas passed, and we still didn't even have some footage good enough to use, I decided that I couldn't risk failing film because I couldn't agree with Rachael. So I decided to do my own story, use codes and conventions of the surrealist genre, but also of horror films, such as the tilted angles and dark lighting filters to create tension within the audience. I made a point of not using any of the work we had done previously. I didn't want it to seem like we tried to make a drama short film, and when it didn't make sense decided to call it surrealism. I didn't want this to happen because it's been my idea to make this short film since last year (see AS coursework), and none of the work I've done has been 'improvised'.
Currently I have filmed on three different occasions, have edited all the footage, and have a last filming session scheduled for this coming weekend. I have had to ask another friend to help me with camera work, and I will mark all the scenes she does as hers.
Apart from these few shots, I take credit for all the work that has been done regarding the film up to now, and am still waiting for Rachael to participate while it's still possible to.
I will make very clear distinctions between the work that I have done and the work that she has, mainly because I don't think it's fair that we both get marked for something that only one of us did. Making a short film is hard work, and specially if you're doing it on your own. But failing to produce a short film was out of the question, since I want to study film at university, I couldn't let something like what has happened to I don't want anyone to take credit for it if they didn't help.
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