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But i would like to think that the film Beautiful War speaks for itself, what started off as a test to see how you use the almost dead film format of Super 8mm turned into a film; i say film but this is more of a video-graphic question than a standard "film".
Rather than attempt to write a misguided synopsis for it in my own words i feel that true man of the hour and my partner in Film-making crime Scott Lyus sums it up better than i ever could:
"A short that outlines the thin line between the natural beauty that is all around us, against the destruction of this beauty through war and misguided and misused works of power. Beautiful War uses contrast as its tool to ask questions and underline serious problems that our world leaders need to address. We are given so much to admire for free, why do we choose to destroy it?
An idea born out of the music of yesterday and visions of our future. Production on this picture took over a year, in that time we were shooting every few months, finding the money to buy and develop the film and then more money for the stock footage and song used once in post. Being the first time I had used the Super 8mm Format we ran into some challenges early on, first being our first camera giving up on us, then over exposed film, under exposed film and a lot of poeple wondering what the hell I was trying to achieve. Now a year later and the film is ready to be screened. It should be said that Beautiful War was never meant to be a film that provided anwsers, instead I wanted to make a film that just asked the questions I felt needed to be asked."
although a far cry from what we both imagined when we said "we wanna make films" in our guised Essex accents at our disgruntled parents this seems to be just the project that has got the ball rolling which may lead on to bigger and better things.
It should be noted as-well that we did not pay for these pages to be set up but rather it was an honor bestowed upon us by getting it selected for some festivals and for that we thank them. I would not expect us to make anything like this in the near future but it may have given us the tools we need to make films in the future along a more linear, dramatic and traditional film like sense so keep your eyes and ears peeled
The film is available to view here; and if you like it please vote it up, we would be forever indebted to you
and aforementioned IMDB pages here:
*I can assure you we should have actor/producer/director credits but these do not appear*
and for our older learning curve period films go here:
and for our older learning curve period films go here:
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