mr. camera man
miniDV on DVD, 10:45 min
German with English subtitles
The film was made on behalf of a homeless man observing me playing with a camera. He then asked me to film him to make „the greatest movie ever“. In this way I did not interfere in the process of directing and scripting at all. I also did not cut the video (it is one take), so the only instrument of control I had was the camera movement.
The XTC of Gold
miniDV on DVD, 30 min (excerpts)
German and English with English subtitles
Being neither a theater production nor a film in the classical narrative sense, this work is based on improvisations and performative elements, which were documented as sample situations directly by two cameras. Content wise the usual motives (treasure search, force, liberty and death), costumes and masquerade of pirate films are used in order to examine terms of mischief, anarchy and greed
Links for further reading:
>www.hessische-filmfoerderung.de/downloads.html
(List of formulas you have to fill out in order to apply for film funding in Germany)
>www.youtube.com
(Popular and endless collection of free videos, there seem to be no copyright or constitutional laws applying in this case)
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