*Note: It's taking really long time to upload the video of my film because of the video processing on YouTube
Yesterday we all had our final projects presented for a final critique as well as a sort of public showing. I was overall excited by the whole experience and actually made a new discovery while I was there that could potentially shift the development of films I plan to make in the future.
I as am sure you are all aware, I did another short film similar to the one I did earlier this term, only this time it is a couple minutes longer and carries a slightly more cohesive narrative, despite its experimental form. During our times reading and discussing McLuhan's book I felt like there several elements in his theory of modern technology that could be made into a horror film, particularly his prediction that this technology would makes us basically more detached from one another despite our intention to become more connected a "global village"because we would then require a further overload of unadulterated information we never really need. In my film "Never Lighter," which stars Ridley Tankersley and sees the return of Ben Meunier, there are no really apparent horror elements other than the music and some scenes hinting at it. The film is about two young college students who are not directly linked but are facing a similar situation, which is how modern technology has mired their social lives and made them either paranoid or frustrated.
Michael, you have such a great eye for editing and setting up shots. the heavily stylized, filtered look could have been really overwhelming, but for such a short, abstract film like this, it really added to the tone. Excellent job, I really loved it! And you should definitely collaborate with Ridley (and others) more like you did yesterday!
ReplyDeleteThis really has a distinct style to the camera work. A bit uncomfortable, in a good horror movie kind of way. And a horror movie with minimal plot elements turns into something altogether different, celebrating the horror of everyday life!
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