For my 'bundle every technique I have been taught in 2 years together and tick as many boxes as possible', or end of year film as it may also be known, I have been given some restrictions to abide by.
The Product - a short film, 5 minutes long
The Theme - DISLOCATION
Film Classification - 15
In the majority of the short films I have produced over my two years on an HND Creative Media course the biggest constraint has always been duration. I like to think all my scripts have been ambitious and that I never let locations or cast affect my writing or become problems for producing a short film. I do however suspect having to stick to 5 minutes will be my biggest challenge of this entire course. When I write a script I don't have a time limit in mind, I get to the place I want to go to in whatever time that may take. I am the first to admit I feel like cutting out things I have shot to maintain a time limit is like cutting away a tiny piece of my ego every time. Having previously been marked down by a lecturer for going against their advice and not cutting out a scene that I felt was good and they thought was unnecessary, I have since learnt that when making a short film, feed the audience, not your ego. Something I will keep at the back of my mind throughout this project. In this case however it would be more of a case of feed the ego of the person marking your film.
I look forward to researching, 'Dislocation' and finding out exactly what is meant by it in terms of film. Instantly I get the feeling it means out of place and a bit lawless. With a theme being entirely subjective I take comfort in the fact that I may have a restriction on my creativity but as long as I can justify what I do produce it should be well within the lines.
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