FILM ARTS CONSOLIDATION..........Our class tutor, Andy James, introduced us to the Film Arts Consolidation assignment. I knew immediately that I wanted to demonstrate violence on film . Initially drawing direct comparisons to the Belgian film, 'Man Bites Dog' directed by Remy Belvaux in 1992... and the homage of it byAmerica's Shia Laboeuf called 'Maniac' in 2011.. This intention to make my version will contemplate the double-standard of tolerance within a society ..where the repulsiveness of urban killings maintained in society's media is contrary to permissible ending of life in a military solution- aiding a political agenda.
There is a satirical pathos in the original's use of definite dark-humour combined with an ordinary man's pub-rock /light punk soundtrack. The sequel forces its way through with a 'GoWhere' Hip-Hop relentless soundtrack attributing a nod to the European story and harbouring a multi-racial Hipster image of the genre's attitude to nihilistic violence.
Below is the one and a half minutes of clips from both films , followed by my immediate response to the brief . Within two hours of Andy's outline I enlisted the 'included-in-the-scenes' film-crew (as is in both films) and the 'victims' and choreographed the murders and directed where the actual camera position was to be with a handheld approach on a Kodak Play...I then edited and presented it as my pitch to the class.
There is a satirical pathos in the original's use of definite dark-humour combined with an ordinary man's pub-rock /light punk soundtrack. The sequel forces its way through with a 'GoWhere' Hip-Hop relentless soundtrack attributing a nod to the European story and harbouring a multi-racial Hipster image of the genre's attitude to nihilistic violence.
Below is the one and a half minutes of clips from both films , followed by my immediate response to the brief . Within two hours of Andy's outline I enlisted the 'included-in-the-scenes' film-crew (as is in both films) and the 'victims' and choreographed the murders and directed where the actual camera position was to be with a handheld approach on a Kodak Play...I then edited and presented it as my pitch to the class.
My project will in pre-production will encompass a series of storyboarding designs that will capture the scenes in detail ....also location hunting for backdrops to my vision...researching more on the reasons and consequences of accepted or non-accepted violence within various cultures with a view to build some sets and arrange crew and cast.
The strengths lie in my passion to execute an idea to fruition with creativity being my core value.The intention for me to use a mixture of reggae/dancehall/hip-hop/jazz/grind-punk as a sountrack is my major harmonious motivation.
The actual scenes will be realistic in nature , and I fully expect there will be a varied consensus of opinion to classify the nature of violence depicted, in highly contrasting styles.
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