Within THese Walls | A #Stuckathome48 HOUR FILM
Created for the #StuckAtHome48 Hour Film Festival in light of the COVID #stayathome Quarantine.
Within These Walls | 48 HOUR FILM
Alt Title: Forbici da Cinema
Roles: Everything
On the weekend of March 27th - 29th, 2020, I created a short film in 48 hours for the #StuckAtHome48! It was a big event put on by the 48 hour film project that went on around the globe with over 1000+ teams (I think)!!
Here’s the link to the website with the challenge information!
The premise of the challenge was that due to the COVID virus outbreak, everyone is inside quarantining. So why not use all this strange/weird/stressful time alone in isolation to make a film in 48 hours! So the 48 Hour Film Project decided to create an impromptu 48-hour filmmaking challenge! Here is our film that Rizzo-house-clan created! Made in 48 hours from Friday to Sunday!
STORY:
In this film, Blake must make a 48-hour film with his stuffed animals alone after his family doesn't want to help make a film. So I had a lot of fun recreating movies with whatever I had and, for the most part, on my own!
Clips from the film were shown on the NEWS!!
Clips from the film were edited into a Seattle Refinery Segment for Komo 7 nightly news! Check out the link to watch the segment here!
Built a phone RIG with Lego’s
I needed a low angle mount for my phone and since I was trying to make most of the film by myself, I thought it would be fun to take an hour and build a phone rig. It was pretty fun going back to the childhood way of making things.
Green Screen Suit
For wide shots the stuffed animals needed to move freely through the shot. So keeping with the theme of “being the only person working on a film”. I used the suit so it looked like a cheesy ghost was carrying the stuffed animals…OR WHERE THEY JUST MOVING ON THEIR OWN???
GHOSTS????????
The Ghost of After Effects
Recreating Cinema Inspired Moments
There were a lot of films and cinematic movements that influenced the film within this 48 hour film such as…
Silent Films
With intertitles included.
HitchCock’s Psycho //
Suspense Horror
I recreated the famous bathroom scene with a Teddy Bear named Cinnamon and a pair of scissors.
SCI-Fi
Very quick and cheesy Star Wars rip off.
Film NOIR
One of my favorites.
French New Wave + Experimental Cinema
But slightly Italian. Forbici del Cinema is Italian for Cinema Scissors. Lots of editing jokes in this film.
Inspired by Jean-Luc Godard’s Pierrot Le Fou (1965)
It was really fun making it! Check out the film and tell me what you think!
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Blake Rizzo