Werner Cazaerck

Yeah, I know you're right :) And I also thought that to some people it would come off as pretentious. But that's really because of the fact that I had to narrow it all down. Normally I'd never go for the cryptic monologues, but since it was in a "dream" world and I had to make all the info as short as possible, I just went with it. It does give a good atmosphere in my opinion, and what I really wanted all along was to give a certain "impression". But the whole thing appears more difficult than it really is. And that was not the intention, kind of got lost in it myself after months of working on it. Thanks for the advice :)

You do not have to do this, any opnion on the shortie is welcome :)

Hi This is a shortfilm I shot with a Canon XL1 in the NARAFI filmschool in Belgium. We were assigned to make a 3 minute shortfilm that included a chase of some sort and suspence. Eventually mine became 5.30 minutes, they flunked me because of that. And also the fact that I was "too independant" and didn't consult enough with the teachers. I had already attended another filmschool for one year, with succes I might add, but I quit cause I needed to find some inspiration. It's not like I thought I was a bigshot, but I never felt the need to let others solve my problems, and I only wanted comment on the finished product. Already I see alot of mistakes, and that's a good thing. But getting flunked and them acting like it's poop is not what I expected. ((If you'd actually be willing to compare it with some other shortfilms of the same assignment, you can type "narafi hide & seek" on youtube. Most of it will be in dutch, but you can just see the total difference in image and soundscape. At least, that's what I think...)) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jc1qVNVFm4 Do YOU think I made a bad shortfilm? :)

I know, you're absolutely right. It's really hard for me to find that ballance. Looking at it now, I only find a few nice shots and didn't give enough thought to the possibilities of the camera. All the more reason to keep searching for new angles. The abundance of words also has to do with the fact that there was a 7 minute time limit, and I really had to compress everything untill I had 9 minutes. But I know what you mean^^, often the images feel too detached to what the character is experiencing. The voice acting makes it appealing enough so you can make your own interpretation with the imagery I believe. But the power of the image is somewhat left unexplored, and that's what's driving me now :)

Hi Euhm, it was a long time ago, but everything was edited with an older version of Adobe. There was this effect called "extract" which gave it the final look. It's possible that I first converted everything to black&white... I don't remember actually:). There was defenitly some playing around with "color balance" and "contrast&brightness" before I gave it the extract effect. As for the black gunner, there's two reasons I can think of. First of all he was dressed intirely in black, with a black bandana up to the nose and his face painted black with a burned wine cork:). A second reason could be the fact that the ending scene was the only scene shot on a clouded day; the sky was completely white. And maybe, with all the effects I added, the gunner looked a lot darker. The sky at the ending scene is completely black for example, because of the extract effect. Just fool around a bit and you might find something.

Thanks :) I knew what I was doing with the screenplay. But the shots were really crummy (about 3 days of last minute shooting), and I noticed that during the editing. I knew I had to make it look really surreal somehow, and the shots didn't do that for me. So I decided to consistently go overboard, and it worked out okay. So luck is definitely a factor here :) This year I have to make this ridiculously short timed "film" (max 3min), but with far better gear. I'm really aiming for perfection in the shots this time, preparing is the key to that. I want to keep exploring the same style too. We'll just have to see, it's always a learning experience.

Hi, I shot this with a Sony DCR-HC85E camera in my first year at the RITS filmschool in Brussels, Belgium. That's almost 3 years ago, and I quit the second year:). But after a little "life"-school I'm at it again, different filmschool now. I was wondering what some pro's have to say about this. It was shot somewhat unprepared, and you'll definitly see a mistake here and there, but it was more about content. A post-modern noir "teenage angst" kind of thing:rolleyes:, hope you enjoy it. http://youtube.com/watch?v=qusTk1R8fls