Rule breakers.

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AN

Rule breakers.

Post by AN »

Oh dear, what can I do?
Am working on a film where all the shots are
mostly out of focus, blurred, and/or hand held wobblers.
The sound track is distorted mostly too! (honest, it wasn't
a mistake.) I have put the main title out of focus too with some
IN-focus dots underlining it, to try to indicate that all is
intentional.

But should I put a note at the start of my film....
"Dear Mr. Judge, all the faults you see are intentional,"
or should a film that breaks the rules be so obvious to all
that it is breaking them intentionally?

Was it you Ken who once had intentional over
exposure in the window lighting and was slated for doing so?

So what are the adventurous rule breaking film makers to do,
just toe the line and be good boys?

Albert....bad boy.
Dave Watterson

Re: Rule breakers.

Post by Dave Watterson »

So what are the adventurous rule breaking film makers to do,
just toe the line and be good boys?
Come along to my talk on movie judging which takes place in Worcester
on 13th March at a CEMRIAC training day ... and I may tell you!

Dave
tom hardwick

Re: Rule breakers.

Post by tom hardwick »

So what are the adventurous rule breaking film makers to do,
just toe the line and be good boys?
Certainly not Albert. Go your own way and keep fingers crossed that your
film will find a judge as open to experimentation as you are. Always remember
that for competition sucess you need to entertain the judges. Your film
might well follow three beautifully exposed and sharp (but dull) walks around
a stately home. Judges need the spark of inventiveness to appear in the
pile of films, and generally they'll reward you for it.

BTW, don't ever be afraid to write a synopsis on the back cover of your tape
or DVD. Judges never go the cinema blind as to what's to be shown, why then
should they go blind into your film?

tom.
Ken Wilson

Re: Rule breakers.

Post by Ken Wilson »

"AN" <forums@theiac.org.uk> wrote:

should I put a note at the start of my film....
"Dear Mr. Judge, all the faults you see are intentional,"
or should a film that breaks the rules be so obvious to all
that it is breaking them intentionally?

Was it you Ken who once had intentional over
exposure in the window lighting and was slated for doing so?
Quite correct Albert and many other similar intentional/ correct shots have
been "picked up" as being a "mistake". I think that many people take delight
in catching us out and pointing out a supposed error.
One was a punctured tyre (in "Demons") which someone said didn`t belong to
THAT make of car... it DID, it was MY car and it was deflated for the shot!
Another, in the same film, said that the time on the car radio never changed...
it was the WAVELENGTH of the station so it WOULDN`T change!
Sorry to bring this one up, but last year for "Dropping Off" my judges comments
pointed out that the railway lines shown were disused and were obviously
not in the same location as the rest of the shoot... oops, wrong again. This
last one was corrected when the said distinguished judge approached me in
person to ask the question about the tracks...
Said judge was very fair and is well respected (also no stranger to this
forum) and graciously accepted that the "mistake" was in fact...errmm.. a
mistake.
Ken
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