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Post by Dazza on Jun 16, 2006 18:57:00 GMT
Hi Guys
I shot this short film yesterday afternoon and evening and finally finished the editing today.
Its a new style for me, it is meant to be an emotional piece and the style is its filmed in the day of a life of someone suffering from post traumatic stress from serving in Iraq and how even day to day tasks can be overcome with memories of what happened there. The other new part is that the story is narrated which I have never done before.
Its about 5 minutes long and I have tried to be quite artistic with it and tried some new shots like close ups based on feedback some of you have helped me with before.
Some of it’s based on some real life quotes from soldiers that have served in the Iraq conflict. I tried to research carefully to keep the film as real to life as I could.
I’m quite proud of this one ;D
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Post by wiggy on Jun 16, 2006 19:45:02 GMT
wow, well done, i thought that was fantastic, you sure are picking up a lot of ideas from other things which is great and it really has paid off with this one. very brave of you to go from kicking a ball about in a silly hat to making somthing like this. i think also you will need your own forum at this rate (a film a day lol) keep it up. definatly your best yet!
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Post by GADGE! on Jun 16, 2006 23:20:59 GMT
I AGREE WITH IGGY DEFFINATLY YOUR BEST ET ALTHOUGH I THOURGHT THE ONE WITH THE FOT N FACE STILL COMES CLOSE BUT WOW WHAT AN AMAZEING PEICE REALLY REALLY GOOD I KNOW SOME ONE LIKE THAT AS WELL AND IT IS A PERFECT INSIGHT T THE CONDITION.
GADGE!
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Post by Dave on Jun 16, 2006 23:35:25 GMT
Brilliant! A really brave film to make I reckon (which probably sounds a bit wanky).
Had me captivated from the outset, and the close-ups of different things throughout the film really gives it a professional feel. The little close-ups on like the toaster, the flag, the eating, etc really give the viewer space to ponder on what is being said in the voice-over. They give a connection to what he is experiencing in that we are hearing about his condition whilst looking at every-day things... reflecting how his thoughts are on his past traumas when he is doing even the daily, mudane things.
I did think that perhaps the voice-over could have been louder. It was sometimes fighting against the music.
The music is cool stuff. A friend of yours writes and plays it?
Anyway, excellent stuff. You've really shown you've got balls making this one!
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Post by flashpointharry on Jun 17, 2006 10:39:19 GMT
Very nice, you definitely know how to get your utmost out of a camera and a score. Hands down one of the best shorts I've seen this year  I thought the shot of the salute near the end was extremely poignant. |
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Post by Dazza on Jun 19, 2006 15:47:14 GMT
Hi Guys Thanks for all your positive comments about “bringing war home”. I’m glad it seems to be giving the effect that it was meant too. The way I came up with the idea was that I just sat down and thought about subjects I haven’t ever seen anything on and posttraumatic stress came to mind so I did research at work and it led to making the film. As it was a one-man show I had to find a way to act and film and I thought that the best way to get the dialogue across was narrating, as if the guy was thinking aloud so it was all a little tricky. The music from the film was something I found on the internet, I went looking for a piece of music that would help bring out the emotion of the film and eventually picked it from about 5 possible pieces.  |
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Post by RydCook on Jun 20, 2006 12:01:52 GMT
nice one dazza! i left a comment on your you tube about what i thought. but for the record itsa very good mate, keep 'em coming
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Post by Dazza on Jun 21, 2006 8:03:59 GMT
Thanks Ryd for the comments on youtube :-)
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Post by Hyde on Jun 21, 2006 22:31:47 GMT
Wow that was superb mate.
Got two mates out there and one about to go, I was gonna but decided not to.
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Post by Dazza on Jun 24, 2006 10:45:26 GMT
I was almost in the army myself but pulled out at the last minute, decided it wasnt for me after spending some time with the Royal Artillery. I have friends and people I know's children are out there.
In the news they never seem to show how being in Iraq and seeing such devastation can have a massive impact on a person. They say we liberated Iraq? Mmmm I say maybe its more of a mess now then it was before. Obviously Saddam needed to be overthrown because of all the innocent people he or his henchmen murdered but we havent neccessarily made it a better safer place.
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Post by PatrickCoyle on Jun 25, 2006 9:41:29 GMT
It's never gonna be easy to force civilization and humanity on those who have only ever been conditioned against it... And the people who are actually out there doing it have to lose a bit of their own humanity. Eventually, Iraq will be a decent place, but it's gonna take a long, long time.
In my case, I'd only go to war if it was happening here - the literal, immediate threat. Which will probably be a civil war.
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Post by Companero on Jul 3, 2006 11:17:20 GMT
As I mentioned on Gareth's Paddy boards - I thought the film was great and it's all the more better when you consider it took just two days to film and edit. Well done, mate.
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Post by marksherbert on Jul 3, 2006 12:56:33 GMT
It's never gonna be easy to force civilization and humanity on those who have only ever been conditioned against it... Civilisation and humanity? Hmmmmmmm. |
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Post by PatrickCoyle on Jul 3, 2006 14:29:56 GMT
Sorry, forgot that the height of civilization was living in caves and shacks and strapping suicide bombs to oneself because an older man with a beard told us it would bring us seventy virgins.
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Post by fattaxi on Jul 3, 2006 15:11:20 GMT
mmmmm Surely they don't all live in caves....  |
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I thought the shot of the salute near the end was extremely poignant.
