chris caliman Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 " The Family keeps it all " a shortfilm by Chris Caliman " Childhood was always a place full of danger, you seldom come off unscathed. " Katharina Ohara, a writer Nothing is moving. Standstill. Deathly silence. One's heart of hearts looks as if it's going to come out. Time has stopped and the suppression is always looking for a way to ... The short-film " The Family keeps it all " throws an hopeless, exaggerated and partly grotesque glance at the situation of "the family" in the upper middle classes. The intact - from the mother longed-for but arduously hold together - ideal world breaks into its pieces when her fifteen years old son has placed an obituary in the local newspaper. His parents neither note nor understand his suptle cry of "help". So the disaster culminates in a conflict between father and son, while the mother lonely fights a struggle against herself. It is a little, soft film about the loss of confidence, about honesty and about a deep bubbling behind the outward appearance. A film about restrained feelings, which however dominate each moment of the life and which let the here and now to become insignificant, because you don't live any longer, because you can't live that way any longer. The shortfilm was inspired by the photographer Gregory Crewdson 14.Min 35mm 1:1.85 shooted in summer 07 6 days germany Have fun "The Family keeps it all" http://vimeo.com/2650937 greets Chris showpage: http://kichiku.blip.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Patrick OHara Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I enjoyed the film very much. My biggest criticism is the unmotivated changes between dolly/static shots and the really rough handheld. Some absolutely great shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freddie bonfanti Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 wonderful dinner scene, with the classic soft toplight which in this case is really bright...i liked it a lot, what was the lighting setup? ta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris caliman Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 hi, first thanks for your critics... yes we had some time problems, with the weather, so some scenes espacially the scene where the boy find the dead bird, was shooted in 1-2 hours and so this is the scene i didnt like... but its ok, i cant changed it... so... because of the rough handheld in this scene, your are right, but we shooted this scene with a heavy arri 535 and this cam isnt a good handheld camera... much to heavy... for me... the dinner scene was lightning very easy... we put 6 old one kw rocknroll lamps together to a ring and hang them 3 meters up... that was it... for the table... so greets chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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