For our task this week we were asked to create a short 1 minute film, the subject being film itself.
I took inspiration from experimental films using techniques such as layering different scenes as in Jean Epsteins “La Chute de la Maison Usher, 1928”. Quiet, no dialogue close ups to give a feeling of being unsettled as in David Lynch’s “Inland Empire, 2006” and the use of both repetitive sound using footage from other media as in Martin Arnolds “Piece Touchee, 1989”
I based the film around my current state of mind, being in isolation during the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, the film reflects my feelings of loneliness, emptiness and boredom along with the frustration of fellow humans not adhering to governmental advice, panic buying items and generally deceiving and ignoring governmental advice.
Bibliography
La chute de la maison Usher, 1928, online video, Jean Epstein, France,Story by Edgar Allen Poe, Screenplay by Jean Epstein and Luis Bunuel, Directed by Jean Epstein, Starring Marguerite Gance, Viewed on March 25 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-U6N-3lW8
Inland Empire, 2006, online video, StudioCanal, France, Poland, USA, written and directed by David Lynch, starring Laura Dern and Jeremy Irons, Viewed on March 25 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7Efj70qa3U
Piece Touchee, 1989, online video, SixPack Film, Austria, Produced and Directed by Martin Arnold, viewed on March 25 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnDagpv4kUk
