My Philosophy

When creating a film I need to think about other director's philosophies but also my own. Will I follow my own guidelines? What do I like in short films? Am I basing my work on any directors? All of this I need to take into account when editing or filming. Directors like Quentin Tarantino, Hitchcock, Brian De Palma and Speilburge all have their own philosophies towards film. Speilburge produces very serious and very dramatic films with little to no CGI, where as on the opposite side of the spectrum we have Brian De Palma using kaleidoscope, and slow motion effects and Lars von Trier & Thomas Vinterberg with their rules referred to as the "Vow of Chastity".

• All filming must be done on location, any props must be found on location and not brought in.
• Sound must never be produced apart from the images or vice versa. (music must not be used unless it occurs where the scene is being shot)
• The camera must be hand-held. Any movement or immobility attainable in the hand is permitted.
• The film must be in colour. Special lighting is not acceptable. (If there is too little light for exposure the scene must be cut or a single lamp be attached to the camera)
• Optical work and filters are forbidden
• The film must not contain superficial action. (Murders, weapons, etc.)
• Temporal and geographical alienation are forbidden. (The film must take place in the here and the now)
• Genre movies are not acceptable
• The film format must be Academy 35mm
• The director must not be credited

After looking through these different techniques I feel that this style isn't for me, though I do wish to work in colour as that is the style i'm going for. I hope to follow a more traditional method of filming, one that flows more and uses effects to achieve the best out of the clips of film. Directors like Speilburge and Hitchcock use the methods I hope to use, such as graphic matches and the typical equilibrium, disequilibrium, equilibrium. One technique I am most interested in trying is how Hitchcock  doesn't show any wounds in the movie 'Psycho'. I feel that if not done properly the use of blood or wounds can look amateur, which isn't what I want to achieve with this short film. Instead, If I just imply that the person has been wounded then I could give my film a unique style like 'Psycho'.