Skip to main content

Talking Heads

Kristoph Kieslowski was a Polish film director and screenwriter born on 27th Jun 1941. He made over 25 short films/documentaries and 14 feature films including The Decalogue (1988), No End (1984) and Talking Heads (1980).
"The Industry doesn't like to see the complexity of the world. It prefers simple reporting, with simple ideas; this is white, that's black; this is good, that's bad" - Kristoph Kieslowski
Talking Heads (or Gladagece glowy) was short documentary featuring a wide range of people from all generations, backgrounds and professions, who are asked three simple questions.

 1) Who are you?
2) When were you born?
3) What is important to you?

 Each question was answered individually, told to an interviewer, and was accompanied by the year each person was born in. The film starts with a 1 year old boy, and works its way towards the eldest interviewees.

 Here is the original documentary:
The task was to recreate Talking Heads in the style of Kristoph Kieslowski, to go out and interview people by asking them three simple questions.

 1) What are you?
2) When were you born?
3) What would you like most in the world?

 The team split into three groups: Young (ages 8 - 25), middle aged (ages 25 - 50) and old (ages 50+). The interviews took place in and around Stafford and West Bromwich. Each individual was given a short amount of time to think about the answers they would give, and then the team would film them whilst they talked to the interviewer. To ensure that the volunteers knew what the team were doing everyone was given a consent form to sign, and people under 16 were given a form for parental permission.

 After collecting in all of the footage and recordings the team selected a few to edit the film together. It was decided that the style of Kieslowski's documentary would be imitated by using the dates of the individual's birth and making the whole film black and white. 

The basic idea was to simply listen to people's stories and thoughts, and what the group found was that perhaps, by simply going out and doing some spontaneous filming, one can capture and share the best adventures out there: the adventure of an everyday life.

 You can watch the finished film here: http://vimeo.com/88444112
http://vimeo.com/88444112

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

STORYBOARDING: The Chess Player

A few months ago I was presented with the opportunity to create the storyboards for a student project at the University I had graduated from. Having always storyboarded my own projects, and used to drawing what I could see inside my own mind, I jumped at the chance to help visualise someone else's film. Everybody sees things differently. We imagine, we visualise in different ways. Maybe because our brains are wired differently, maybe because we all rely on different experiences or the things we've read. A wide shot to one person might be a close to another; or someone might prefer a high-angled birds eye view, whilst another a fish-eye lens effect. There are endless ways to visualise a story and we are all unique when it comes to this. So being tasked with aiding in the visualisation of someone else's film is by no means an easy feat. One must be able to see inside the director's mind, understand their vision and translate that into something that will reach and ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Cardiff Film and Comic Con Event - Sat 1st March '14

Cardiff Film and Comic Con ( also known as the Film and Comic Convention)   was on at Motorpoint arena on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd March 2014. Following the success of the first Cardiff  Film and Comic Con, the event was full of promise for hundreds of people across the UK.  Comic Con events occur approximately four times a year, if not more. It is a convention that joins everything from films, Tv, games and comics together and welcomes everyone who is interested in those worlds - as well as those who are just discovering them. It is a wonderful opportunity to meet like-minded people and famous actors, actresses, screenwriters, authors, publishers and directors; many of whom take part in discussions, panels, signings and photo booths. The Reluctant Blogger , Lifeline and Shirley Holmes At Comic Con it is a tradition to dress up and come as your favourite character from a film, Tv programme, game or comic. At Cardiff in March 2014 one of the most pr...
Post a Comment
Read more

Kid's & UFO's: Title Sequence

Testing and creating the title sequence: To achieve a childlike style many different drawing styles were looked at to see which would appeal most to children and young adults. The detailed ones were fascinating to look at, however placing too much detail into a stop motion animation would clutter the screen. Simpler drawings with black outlines - similar to the style of Rachel Ryle - were more suited. Sketches were made and the colouring was tested. Felt-tip pens created too harsh a tone, whilst colouring crayons provided a softer layout that was pleasing to the eye. The title sequence for 'Kids and UFO's was made up of 147 different photographs. The basic idea was this: A girl in a rocket is launched into space from her back garden, flying past stars, planets, aliens and ufo's. The rocket then flies away to reveal the title of the film: 'Kids and UFOs'. Drawings were created on paper, coloured in using crayons and cut out. These were then placed on a col...
Post a Comment
Read more