
Eldon Booth, a great film director and producer who has
made films like Five Good Reasons and his most recent Finding Honk which isnt out yet because its still being worked on.His work is more on the mocumentary drama and experimental style. He likes to explore and push the boundaries of fact and fiction for example like in his first film called Withdrawal he purposely
followed a character in the film to make it look like an amature documentary. With characters being free to look directly at the camera, long takes and quick pans creating a feeling that it is real and all unfolding in front of you. He also plays with time as were he used split screen showing the two family members dealing with there problems in separate ways with the grandfather being medicated in the hospital and the teenaged grandson medicating himself with drugs. The film was shot over a long period of time so the characters aged and the landscape changed which match the theme of the film. Some scenes were real like the hospital scene and the landscape change as farm was being turned into suburban land.
The movie Elephant also played with fact and fiction how it was based on a true story. by using long shots and the camera following the actor it makes you feel as if you were following the character through their day. By using long takes and different angles we were able to feel like we were once there on a normal day, close ups to long shots on a character and shallow depth of field creates a sense of being present. They also plays with time as if it will follow one character through their day then will cut back to another characters path for that day crrying on from another camera .
Thanks Joey,
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