A second location that I am using for my film is Elizabeth's house because it is convenient and works well for the outdoor scene because her road is quiet. Secondly it is very bright, so I can use natural, morning light to film
'Over' is a short film, directed by Jörn Threlfall. The film is told through a series of static shots, enabling Threlfall to create a very different approach to the telling of his story. This enables the audience to be involved in the unravelling of the story. This technique largely relies on interest in order to keep his audience interested. Threlfall explains this by saying, "I make the viewer be the detective." He goes on to explain that he, "Didn't want to tell it in a conventional way. The story was so sad and desperate it needed a different way of telling... It's like shards and fragments, it was quite an intense way of making sure the viewer stayed with it. In the cinema I see viewers leaning forward, as if they want to go closer but can't." The film starts with a slow zoom into the road, where the story takes place. The zoom signifies an acceptance for the viewer, into the story, allowing them to be part of what is to come. Howeve...
One of my locations is Richmond park, which I visited in order to take these photos and videos. I chose Richmond park because it is very big with lots of open space, meaning that I will be able to film the part where Grace runs around the grass easily without there being too many other people around. I also especially like the Isabella plantation, where I will shoot some of the film as it is very cinematic. Whilst I found that in terms of sound, it is very windy and would be difficult to hear speech over the wind, the scene that I am filming here is purely voice over, which means that sound isn't an issue.
'Slap' is a BAFTA nominated short film, directed by Nick Rowland. It is about a teen boxer (Joe Cole), who is forced to hide his secret passion for cross-dressing. Chelsea Lupkin accurately notices that the film, "Aggressively confronts standards of masculinity in sports culture and how one young man attempts to construct his own sense of masculinity under unyielding gender confused conditions." This is definitely true of Rowland's film and the fact that he taps into the issue of suppressed expression in sport explicitly, is what makes the film so interesting. Sport is one of the most difficult areas to express oneself due to the perceived idea of masculinity that is so closely linked to it. These contrasting stills help to depict the contrasting feelings that he is battling with. Rowland's inspirations tell us a lot about his vision when creating the film. He said, "Growing up my idols were the likes of Eddie Izzard and David Bowie. I have...
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