The Mystery of Flying Kicks
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7 Murder, sex, drugs, art, politics… sneakers hanging on telephone lines have become a powerful urban symbol, inspiring genesis theories both hilarious and sinister. In an effort to get to the truth once and for all we asked the people of earth to help us solve this mystery. Using an on-line call out and a phone message bank, this documentary was made entirely from donated photographs, phoned-in theories, video, vlogs, and animation.
The Mystery of Flying Kicks is the result of a unique digital collaboration between the filmmakers and the international public.
Directed by Matthew Bate
Produced by Viron Papadopoulos
WORLD PREMIERE - SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST 2010
WInner Best Short Documentary: MELBOURNE Film Fest 2010 // DOC EDGE NZ 2010 // CURT DOC SPAIN
Official Selection: Edinburgh Film Fest// Sheffield DocFest // Sydney Int // Brooklyn // CPH:DOX
Official Site: flying-kicks.com
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The whole short film is a simple concept but analysed in depth. The main reoccurring theme is what does “Flying Kicks” mean? The film demonstrates what hanging shoes on a power line actually means to people. The film demonstrates multiple opinions from people from around the world. Not only does it give the viewer something to think about but also make them begin to think that something is done for a reason, but what is the reason?
The short film is perfectly editing together and the film flows perfectly in time with the audio with footage. I feel that the widescreen bars really helped create that cinematic look to the film, however this was also due to the astounding shots which they used. The variation of medias mixed with a variation of colour and culture really holds an impact and gives the audiences an insight into other countries and their culture. I love the fact that the audience gain knowledge about a simple concept like shoe hanging and also giving the audience an understanding of different cultures.
Firstly I would like to talk about the interesting amount of different media the short films uses, for example it uses computer recordings from programs like “Fraps, Cam Studios”, they also used cartoon animals to illustrate stories, in this case it’s about sneakers. They also recordings via camera, which they record interviews and cities to portray the sneakers on the power line. One use of new media which astounded me was the 3D Composition, I had never seen such a scene created like this and it really demonstrated the use of software in this day in age.
Bitch
Written and Directed by: Dom Bridges
Bitch is a short film approximately 4 minutes long. It is produced the banner of Future Shorts (and was distributed by them) and was made in 2009. It has a linear narrative structure and it is subjective and restricted to the main character (who is a man) because we find out about events along with him. There is an element of surprise because at the beginning we see a vulnerable lady whom we think mistakes someone for her child but in the end we see that she is the one who manipulates the bond between a mother and child to get her expensive shopping for free. The idea of a surprise element would be good to use in our film because it makes the audience remember the film.
The score comes in at the beginning of the film during the titles and at the end credits. During the film there are only ambient sounds of people shopping and the dialogue on screen. This makes the audience focus on what is being said. The editing has mainly cross cutting between the old lady and the man. However the editing with the titles is quite effective. Our film is also most likely to have simple editing because of the practical reasons such as the software we will be using.
The location is the supermarket where is shot throughout the film which again is mostly in short films because of the time constraints they cannot show characters moving around a lot.
The titles are effective and makes the film better in general in this film because they are created using products in a supermarket which goes with the theme of shopping as the main plot of the film is a man buying a tin of tuna. An example of this is, the title ‘Bitch’ is written on the washing powder and the director name ‘Dom Bridges’ is written on a box of dog food. The end credits are also effective because they are presented like a receipt as it says “Thank you for shopping with us” which could be interpreted with the meaning thank you for watching.
The theme of the film is deceit and the roles of normal characters have been challenged because normally it would be the man who would something like that (deceiving) and the old woman would be the victim however in this film the roles have been swapped- also known as role reversal.
There is a significance with the actors who play the roles of the character because it is obvious that the male cannot be the woman son and the photo does not match (as the man in the photo is Chinese). Therefore this is important in all films whether they are short or feature lengths that characters must be played with around the correct age. Such as in this film a young girl playing the role of the old lady would not work.
The good point about this film is it is quite experimental in terms of the plot because a feature length film about buying a tin of tuna would almost definitely not be a success with the audience because there wouldn't be much of a story whereas in a short film it has worked with a very simple idea which has some humor and good techniques.
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