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The film is called In The Shadow Of Death. I鈥檝e
been working on it over the last three months, but it鈥檚 been inspired
by ideas that have been evolving much longer than that.
The actually story is about twin brothers and it
follows how one of the brothers deals with the death of his twin.
I play the individual that dies and my twin brother
plays the lead. The film follows his story and his decent into madness
as he tries to deal with the trauma of the loss.
The production has been something of a one man
band. I wrote the story, storyboard, shot it, directed the action,
did the sound as well as all the post production.
How does the plot line develop?
The story has a number of imaginative threads which
includes the afterlife to some extent. I wanted to create images
that would show that in a dramatic fashion to help spark a reaction
from the audience.
Scene from In The Shadow Of Death |
I鈥檝e used a number of post-production techniques
to create these.
There鈥檚 one point in the film when I鈥檓 killed that
shows me being struck by a car and then hitting my head on the tarmac
and blood shoots towards the camera lens. Obviously that didn鈥檛
really happen, but it looks like it in the finished film.
In many depictions of the afterlife water is very
relevant. There鈥檚 a famous painting by the
Swiss artist Arnold B枚cklin called The Isle Of The Dead.
The main island shot in the film with the figure
in the foreground was inspired by that painting, so I鈥檝e drawn inspiration
from historical artworks along with contemporary film making.
I hope the film will inspire a reaction from the
audience, hopefully they鈥檒l be impresed and entertained.
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In The Shadow Of Death can be viewed throughout
the opening times of the exhibition.
The viewing theatre is situated in the
basement level of the Guntons building on St George Street,
Norwich.
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For a student doing a degree in Fine Art Sculpture,
how come your final work is in film?
I come from a visual background, I started off
as a painter. When I came to art school I wasn鈥檛 totally sure in
which direction I wanted to go.
During my degree I tried a number of different
things, but I found my final direction was film making and telling
stories through moving images.
The course is very flexible and with the introduction
of the new video facilities that have been introduced at NSAD this
year, it鈥檚 allowed me to realise my aspirations.
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What happens once you graduate?
I do some work as a freelance cameraman, but I
really want to push my ideas and make more short films so I can
carry on being creative.
I'd like to get some equipment together and hopefully
get a job in a production house that will facilitate my works.
I鈥檇 like to focus on my creative talent, hone the
story telling and carry on working in a low budget way to get the
ideas made, screened and then hopefully a career in feature films
as I want to be a director.
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