Tuesday 22 November 2011
A book... On Short Films... Part 2
I read some more of the short films book....
I read some more...
I discovered that most of it is about the different directors and interviews with them about their shorts, different genres being shown and expressed throughout. It is based around creative process, from initial idea to final cut and distribution.
One of the directors (who we all know and love) is Nick Park, creator of Wallace and Gromit and Creature Comforts (1989).
"Why animals, when up to then Aardman had used human models?
I suppose that was my way of saying 'I'm not doing the same thing. I want something to make my own mark here".
I like what he says here, his independence and imagination, rebelling against the norm, something I want to do.
You find out that the interviewer thought - "thing that amazes me about your own work is the way you use the depth of field. There is so often something going on in the background, which is very unusual for animation because of the complexity of the process."
Another director is Lynne Ramsay who started off as a stills photographer then moved onto cinematography in 1992, and began directing in 1995. She talks about her third short film Gasman(1997).
"I was interested in the form, and wanted to make a film completely from an articulate child's point of view".
One of the questions was: "Do you think in images"?
"For me the narrative is inherent in the images."
She also said : "sometimes a scene comes around an image, so I use photography as a reference like that."
From reading this interview I can relate to what she is saying because me being a keen photographer I can see how sometimes you need the images there as inspiration, helping you to set out the scene.
From watching the full short film I could see the hidden message and value behind it, how the little girls father has a secret family. I found it interesting that some of it was shown from a child's point of view how they would see it (some POV shots), some slow motion and the editing was a little choppy. It looked quite experimental in how it was filmed, which I wasn't expecting, in the scene where they are walking on the train tracks the camera has a partially closed iris which gives it this otherworldly dream like feeling, as though the reality of the situation isn't real. Ramsay captures the child's innocent and insignificant moments and still manages to spill out extreme emotion, developing into a piece that is mostly about form, not the text.
Link to a short clip of the short film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP-XQPGE71s
One of the questions was: "Do you think in images"?
"For me the narrative is inherent in the images."
She also said : "sometimes a scene comes around an image, so I use photography as a reference like that."
From reading this interview I can relate to what she is saying because me being a keen photographer I can see how sometimes you need the images there as inspiration, helping you to set out the scene.
From watching the full short film I could see the hidden message and value behind it, how the little girls father has a secret family. I found it interesting that some of it was shown from a child's point of view how they would see it (some POV shots), some slow motion and the editing was a little choppy. It looked quite experimental in how it was filmed, which I wasn't expecting, in the scene where they are walking on the train tracks the camera has a partially closed iris which gives it this otherworldly dream like feeling, as though the reality of the situation isn't real. Ramsay captures the child's innocent and insignificant moments and still manages to spill out extreme emotion, developing into a piece that is mostly about form, not the text.
Link to a short clip of the short film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP-XQPGE71s
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