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
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