Client: Myles Belland

Context:

For this project I treated myself as the client. The challenge was to create a cinema verité style documentary, where as the filmmaker you are only an observer and aren’t able to interact with the participants. This style is focused on recording events as they are and then aiming to draw away the presence of the camera and present a more objective truth.

With one day of filming pre-event, and one day of filming at the event (and only one camera) this was a strong test of all of our filmmaking skills over the last 12 years. There’s an art to weaving the right visuals the audience needs to see, with sound design that gives the right cues, and building sequencing in a way that tells a story.

Goal: Create a Cinema Verité documentary that tells a compelling story without interacting with the participants.

Budget: Under $10,000 per video