I am a big fan, as I’m sure many of you are, of the filmumentaries Star Wars Begins, Building Empire, Jedi and the new Indie doc.
I am a film student embarking on a documentary module and was fascinated by these videos and want to make my own.
However, I want to know what people would want to see?
Jurassic Park, Back to the Future, Godfather?
Or maybe Psycho, Citizen Kane or 12 Angry Men?
How about Blade Runner?
You know of the rebellion against the Empire?
The original Tron? or War Games?
davewozere05 said:
Citizen Kane
Sounds great. Though since there have already been official documentaries on it, it might by nice to see a documentary on one of the other great Welles Films: Magnificent Ambersons, Othello, The Trial, or Chimes at Midnight, all of which are extremely underrated and lacking proper released documentaries.
You need to chose a film you are knowledgeable about or one you do want to get to know on a personal level. Jambe's filmumenaries are not the product of a six month or one year investigation, they require a lot of detective work.
I think Blade Runner is an interesting one. I love the film to pieces and studied it in college heavily (i wrote a post-modern neo-noir essay on the film) and theres lots of material to discuss with all the various cuts. I would consider that a great film to investigate. And of course these are long projects, I would say minimum 12 months because I have other stuff to do aswell. Be a great summer project for me though.
JD has said that he may be interested in doing Blade Runner in the future.
I have often wondered if there's enough behind-the-scenes material to make a filmumentary of Titanic.
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Back to the Future
Seeing how this is my all time favorite movie I'd love to see a filmumentary on it.
I say bravo! Jamie seems to have created a new type of fan editing!
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It's not so much a new form for a documentary to take, as it has been widely embraced by fans with enthusiasm for the material. It's gaining speed commercially in the form of "Maximum Movie Mode" and the like on blu-rays that seamlessly integrate material on top of and alongside a viewing of a film. I'd love to see one of the great DVD/Blu-ray producers, or indeed Jamie himself, tackle one of these PiP/immersive "experience" modes of watching a film for a commercial release.
Having said that, I know Jamie would like to tackle Back to the Future at some point. If you're doing one of these as part of a class, apart from making sure that you can do so (some schools might frown upon the copyright-infringing nature of these projects, mine did), you might be better off going for a film that you enjoy that has significance in film history and those Welles suggestions are a good place to venture towards.
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I know Jamie would like to tackle Back to the Future at some point.
I would loooooooove to see that. Please Jamie do that one soon!
klokwerk said:
Having said that, I know Jamie would like to tackle Back to the Future at some point. If you're doing one of these as part of a class, apart from making sure that you can do so (some schools might frown upon the copyright-infringing nature of these projects, mine did), you might be better off going for a film that you enjoy that has significance in film history and those Welles suggestions are a good place to venture towards.
If I recall correctly, some of Welles's films are public domain, so that would kill any legal issues possible. The Stranger is definitely PD, having had tons of releases. I'm pretty sure that Mr. Arkadin and The Trial are PD too, but it's under dispute so it's not readily available on a site like archive.org/Internet Archive.