Dogme95 Realism

Dogme 95 is a film making movement established in 1995 by the Danish filmmakers Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg. They started this film movement to combat the Hollywood-ised nature of modern day film including mass special effects. Dogme was initiated to make film makers and audiences alike re think the art, effect and essence of film making.
The Vows of Chastity are a set of ten rules that Dogme 95 states needs to be employed in a film of this genre. They are as follows:
1. Filming must be done on location.
2. The sound must all be diegetic, including music
3. The camera must be hand-held
4. The film must be in colour without added special lighting
5. Optical work and filters are forbidden
6. The film must not include superficial i.e murder, weapons etc.
7. The film must take place in here and now
8. Genre movies are not acceptable
9. The final picture must not be in widescreen specifications
10. The Director must not be credited


The reason why this is so relevant to our film is that Dogme95 provides a sense of realism to the film, while being made with a very low budget. Also the Vows are very easy to follow, as many of them we don't have the potential to do anyway. For example we dont have special lighting, and even though we go against a few like genre and superficial actions and we need to be credited because its our coursework it doesnt matter because the few we can comply with will help the realism of our film. 


BH

Production: The End

For the end of the end of the film, i want a really strong ending to leave the audience feeling emotionally drained. Even though it is really hard to create i want to have a hanging scene end which sounds slightly drastic, but i think it would end the film with a 'wow factor' scene. The few examples which i looked at have used shots of swinging hanging feet, and the noose around the neck, with the top half of the body. The idea is that you are given enough implication of the act without seeing an explicit long shot showing the whole body hanging, which is obviously quite dangerous.

This link is a clip from Kidulthood, and is the only clip i found with the scene in it, so its slightly longer than needed but the last 7 seconds is what im looking at as it does exactly what i want to create.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltFlpF-lvUE

BH

Short Film: BFI Moving Shorts

The British Film Institution created a compilation of short films they consider to be worth recognition. This is based on originality and production. However, the four i watched seemed to contain originality for originality's sake. What i mean by that is that they have been asked to create something original and they have come out with something very abstract. An example is a short film on the dvd called 'The first time it hits' which is just 3 minutes long. However in that three minutes there is not much else than some shots on the end of a skateboard, some close ups and extreme close ups of a teenage girl and a few of a boy. They manage to make it look very grainy and extremely home-made. Having said this it is supported and funded by ScreenYorkshire and it is Lottery funded.
Again, similaar to the virgin media shorts, the films i watched seemed to have no narrative, purely an idea around which the creators slightly adapt a few times.

BH