Research into short films
After gathering back my surveys/questionnaires I have started to think about how I choose to construct my short films that could end up being exhibited as part as my final installation in the end of year show. I have started by looking into some of Tracey Emin's short films however they are proving hard to get hold of on the internet. One that I have managed to view is 'Why I never became a Dancer' (1995). The six minute long film uses Emin's hometown of Margate as the main subject of her film, along with a voice over that she speaks in a exceptionally melancholy tone throughout. For the last minute or so of the film Emin dances, in a large bare room with wooden floors and white walls, she's casually dressed, and appears care free, its at this point that it becomes apparent that the film is a kick in the teeth to those who held her back, ruined her innocence, or humiliated her. The film is well thought out and equally well put together, keeping a simple, almost slap dash style with nothing really making sense for the first section until you reach the revilement of the traumatic dance competition and as she remembers running out of the club and down to the sea, the camera is going down some steps to the sea, this is the first time that the visuals and the audio really connect fully, capturing the viewers emotions in that split second as you feel almost as if you are Emin running away. Empowered. Thrilled. Humiliated. Slow motion has been used at the end of the film, as Emin lets loose, this is an effect that can be used very easily and yet achieves great outcomes if used effectively. #I have thought about using such effects however, I want to make the films more focused on the audio rather than the visuals, 'Why I never became a Dancer' has inspired me to have voice overs, of possibly people reading old diary entries, or quotes/sayings that they know of or hold some importance to them. I have been troweling through the White Cube's website and have found stills from Emins film called 'Convocation with my Mum'(2001). These have interested me to possibly just use stills to accompany the audio, just one still to represent the interview, possibly just two chairs, a pen and paper? Or a 360 view of the room I interview each person in, just repeatedly going around and around the room on a loop in slow motion, also possibly in black and white to really dull the imagery down to again re-in-store all attention on the audio.
Here is a link to 'Why I never became a Dancer'(1995)
http://vimeo.com/50952350
And below are the stills from 'Convocation with my Mum' (2001)
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