High school senior thesis film:
http://vimeo.com/6391705
Short that I made for an assignment earlier this semester:
http://vimeo.com/9370547
Most recent assignment, made about 2 weeks ago:
http://vimeo.com/10655924
What other films do you know of that use the narrative approach of being “found footage”? Cloverfield and The Blair Witch Project are the most notable recent examples I can think of, but what else? Names of films and thoughts on the films themselves or on the overall narrative approach would be much appreciated.
I’ve seen bits of Man Bites Dog, which I found utterly fascinating. Really effective use of this narrative style. Cannibal Holocaust sounds like a good one too. But it seems that this particular form is used mainly in films that concern really visceral sorts of subject matter. Nearly every example is some sort of horror movie. Trash Humpers is the only one that stands apart from the group.
I’m interested in the dramatic potential that this formal approach might afford a more serious, character driven sort of film. If we’re talking mockumentary, Von Trier’s The Idiots is a good example of such a film. But I’m more interested in films that aren’t framed as a documentary, but rather as footage recorded by one of the active participants in the narrative, as in the examples I mentioned in the initial post. I’m hard-pressed to think of any films that have done this sort of thing though.
I’ve yet to see any films by Jodorowsky, and there happens to be a double bill of El Topo and The Holy Mountain playing nearby tonight and tomorrow. I don’t think I’d be down for both in the same night, nor am I certain if I’ll have the chance to see both this weekend. Which would make the better introduction to his work?
Alright so it seems like El Topo is generally considered the best to see first, if not the double bill. Now, if I were only able to see one of these on the big screen this weekend, would you all still recommend El Topo?
And Cineaste, it is indeed on the big screen and I plan to be at least marginally intoxicated.
Sometimes with one I love
I fill myself with rage, for fear I effuse unreturn’d love
But now I think that there is no unreturn’d love
The pay is certain one way or another
I loved a certain person ardently, and my love was not return’d
Yet out of that, I have written these songs
The Ballsiest, Most Courageous Films Of The '00s? over 3 years ago
Spike Lee’s Bamboozled
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YOUR SHORT FILMS - POST THEM about 3 years ago
High school senior thesis film:
http://vimeo.com/6391705
Short that I made for an assignment earlier this semester:
http://vimeo.com/9370547
Most recent assignment, made about 2 weeks ago:
http://vimeo.com/10655924
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Found Footage almost 3 years ago
What other films do you know of that use the narrative approach of being “found footage”? Cloverfield and The Blair Witch Project are the most notable recent examples I can think of, but what else? Names of films and thoughts on the films themselves or on the overall narrative approach would be much appreciated.
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Found Footage almost 3 years ago
I’ve seen bits of Man Bites Dog, which I found utterly fascinating. Really effective use of this narrative style. Cannibal Holocaust sounds like a good one too. But it seems that this particular form is used mainly in films that concern really visceral sorts of subject matter. Nearly every example is some sort of horror movie. Trash Humpers is the only one that stands apart from the group.
I’m interested in the dramatic potential that this formal approach might afford a more serious, character driven sort of film. If we’re talking mockumentary, Von Trier’s The Idiots is a good example of such a film. But I’m more interested in films that aren’t framed as a documentary, but rather as footage recorded by one of the active participants in the narrative, as in the examples I mentioned in the initial post. I’m hard-pressed to think of any films that have done this sort of thing though.
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Which Alejandro Jodorowsky to start with? almost 3 years ago
I’ve yet to see any films by Jodorowsky, and there happens to be a double bill of El Topo and The Holy Mountain playing nearby tonight and tomorrow. I don’t think I’d be down for both in the same night, nor am I certain if I’ll have the chance to see both this weekend. Which would make the better introduction to his work?
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Which Alejandro Jodorowsky to start with? almost 3 years ago
Alright so it seems like El Topo is generally considered the best to see first, if not the double bill. Now, if I were only able to see one of these on the big screen this weekend, would you all still recommend El Topo?
And Cineaste, it is indeed on the big screen and I plan to be at least marginally intoxicated.
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Our Favourite Poems- for a site anthology over 2 years ago
Sometimes with one I love
I fill myself with rage, for fear I effuse unreturn’d love
But now I think that there is no unreturn’d love
The pay is certain one way or another
I loved a certain person ardently, and my love was not return’d
Yet out of that, I have written these songs
Walt Whitman
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Watch my short film? (shot in a 24 minute single take) over 2 years ago
This is an off the cuff experiment, written and shot in less than 24 hours. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
http://vimeo.com/14930500
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Should i get Chungking Express or The Night of the Hunter on blu ray? over 2 years ago
Chungking Express
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1017 (short film) about 1 year ago
Here’s a short film I made last semester.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0tPVmL0cfU
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1017 (short film) about 1 year ago
Criticism would be appreciated.
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