I shot this film last summer and was editing and updating it, on and off, up until early this year. It was filmed on a budget of about £30, most of which wasn't directly spent on the film, but instead entertaining the actors, crew and I with drink and food whilst shooting (not a wise decision). It took a week to film and write (the same week – again, not sensible), I and the lead actor were writing the film in pubs before going out and shooting it and therefore it can be concluded that this film was made for purposes of creativity and fun - it was an experience. Much of the acting and direction was ad-libbed.
The film is a Romantic-Drama and I believe, despite its flaws, the narrative stays coherent and comprehensive. As a film maker I believe it's vital that I have the capacity to be self-critical. The direction ignores any conventions of film techniques, most noticably in the conversation scenes; this was an organisational error, as I didn’t draw up storyboards. Due to time limitations, some of them not self-induced, I was unable to do additional takes where they might have been necessary.
Anyway, it can be found at: http://www.thinkphilosophy.com/TTGOG.wmv
It's around 60mb and 13mins long, on a 1mb to 2mb connection it should stream perfectly well (I hope).
Cheers,
Alex
The film is a Romantic-Drama and I believe, despite its flaws, the narrative stays coherent and comprehensive. As a film maker I believe it's vital that I have the capacity to be self-critical. The direction ignores any conventions of film techniques, most noticably in the conversation scenes; this was an organisational error, as I didn’t draw up storyboards. Due to time limitations, some of them not self-induced, I was unable to do additional takes where they might have been necessary.
Anyway, it can be found at: http://www.thinkphilosophy.com/TTGOG.wmv
It's around 60mb and 13mins long, on a 1mb to 2mb connection it should stream perfectly well (I hope).
Cheers,
Alex
). This time I'll have three semi-pro camcorders and three decent tripods. Each camcorder will have a good camera-operator, who understands far more than I do about all the functions and features, which they've explained to me in detail. And, I'm delighted with the actors I've got too, the guy in TTGOG has improved incredibly over the past year, doing amazing theatrical work on a big scale, and I have some other actors who have done television work. And, although it will still be from the perspective of a "young adult/teenager" I'm still trying to attract a variety of actors to give the film more substance and contrast. Story wise nothing has been finalised, but I'm definitely going to make the stakes higher and the film more intense and attractive. Although I obviously have ideas, which I've been developing with some friends over the past few months, I fear that if I start writing them I'll be creating the story too quickly and miss out fundamentally important parts - so I'm going to have to sit down at one stage and constructively put my thoughts to paper.