Shoot diary 4/01/20

What did you do?

Today we had a free screening of Jojo rabbit, and I really thought that it was a great film! Jojo is a lonely German boy who discovers that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his imaginary friend (Adolf Hitler) Jojo must confront his blind nationalism as World War II continues to rage on. This film is excellently directed by Taika Waititi as it executes dark and light humour as well as drama effectively.

After this screening, Amy O’Hara who is the talent executive from Film Hub North gave us a talk on financing short-films. This talk included many examples of short films, at varied lengths, black & white and even animation. All of these films had been funded by BFI, and it further gave me an insight into hoe funding works, and more of the crucial role that producers have in the development and execution of films.

What have you learnt?

I have learnt why companies like BFI fund short films, as I didn’t fully understand it before, as to me it only made sense to fund feature length films. This is done, because it helps new and fresh talent get into the business of film making, by giving them a boost in funding, leading to being acknowledged and being known more widely.

How have you worked well with others?

Today didn’t really give chance for us to work together, as half of the day was spent in a screening of Jojo Rabbit, however for the second part of the day, I did voice some questions that I had about the funding process, and what makes a good short film, being that it is something new, not been done before, so it is unique.

What do you need to develop?

I discovered that in my group, we (especially the director and editor) need to work closely together to make sure that our message fully gets across through the edit, and to truly get across the director visions for the film.