My Dad Doesn’t Trust Things is a film that I made as part of the university’s ‘Film Jam’. This meant that we were delivered a brief and a short deadline that we had to create something for. This was the first project for third year documentaries, and I feel that this project got me up and running in terms of the films that I would go on to make in third year.

So, what was the brief? It consists of a few different things. First, we had to create something that had the theme of trust or distrust. This prompt led most people to venture down a political route. I, however, did something that was a little bit different. I was a poem talking about trust, and how different generations perceive trust, specifically my Dad and I. As I was one of the few students to work solo on this project, I felt that I had a point to prove. I believe that the avenue I went down from the brief made my film stand out, and prove that I can successfully deliver a creative vision when I work by myself.  There were small aspects in the brief such as shots we had to include, but the main part of the brief is that we only had a long weekend to complete it.

I went and picked up the kit to film on the Friday, and the film had to be submitted by Monday morning. The tight deadline made this project so different to any others that I completed. First, the restrained timeframe put a nice pressure on me. It forced me straight into an uninterrupted creative process for four days. I was forced to make gut decisions, and not dwell over small details. It made me find the easiest ways to film and edit my creative vision, whilst still making it stylistic.

I tried to broaden my creativity with this film, using new techniques and visual styles of documentary storytelling that I feel paid off; the film even made one of my classmates cry! It was such a complement to my attempt of telling a story through poetic means, and being able to pack so much emotion and detail into a film in a small amount of time that it had its intended effect.

Below is the feedback video that the university made. when you watch you can hear the reactions of my peers and the course leader :)) As you can tell im not too good at taking compliments about my work lol. also sorry Nicole for making you cry :/ The quote ‘ I haven’t written a word, because I couldnt take my eyes off it’ made my year and made me immensely proud of this film.

My Dad Doesn’t Trust Things is a film that I made as part of the university’s ‘Film Jam’. This meant that we were delivered a brief and a short deadline that we had to create something for. This was the first project for third year documentaries, and I feel that this project got me up and running in terms of the films that I would go on to make in third year.

So, what was the brief? It consists of a few different things. First, we had to create something that had the theme of trust or distrust. This prompt led most people to venture down a political route. I, however, did something that was a little bit different. I was a poem talking about trust, and how different generations perceive trust, specifically my Dad and I. As I was one of the few students to work solo on this project, I felt that I had a point to prove. I believe that the avenue I went down from the brief made my film stand out, and prove that I can successfully deliver a creative vision when I work by myself.  There were small aspects in the brief such as shots we had to include, but the main part of the brief is that we only had a long weekend to complete it.

I went and picked up the kit to film on the Friday, and the film had to be submitted by Monday morning. The tight deadline made this project so different to any others that I completed. First, the restrained timeframe put a nice pressure on me. It forced me straight into an uninterrupted creative process for four days. I was forced to make gut decisions, and not dwell over small details. It made me find the easiest ways to film and edit my creative vision, whilst still making it stylistic.

I tried to broaden my creativity with this film, using new techniques and visual styles of documentary storytelling that I feel paid off; the film even made one of my classmates cry! It was such a complement to my attempt of telling a story through poetic means, and being able to pack so much emotion and detail into a film in a small amount of time that it had its intended effect.

Below is the feedback video that the university made. when you watch you can hear the reactions of my peers and the course leader :)) As you can tell im not too good at taking compliments about my work lol. also sorry Nicole for making you cry :/ The quote ‘ I haven’t written a word, because I couldnt take my eyes off it’ made my year and made me immensely proud of this film.