Here is my first short movie!!!
Okay maybe not the first ever but it is the first one for my film class.
So Looking for Koira is a collab with Deniz Hakgüden and Murilo Franco -two of my amazing classmates who actually don't hate me after this experience- and I took part mainly as the director and the cameraperson as well as the editor. I had few contributions to the story too.
This was shot using an iPhone 6 and a Nexus 5 because school's IT couldn't find the Film class' camera. Also without a tripod. I did my best to hold the camera straight and of course added some stabilizer.
For editing, I chose to use Final Cut Pro X because a) it's my favorite editing program b) I didn't have time to figure out Adobe Premiere Pro.
So we created these German Expressionism influenced photographs.
This is my friend İnci. This photo was taken last year when we were doing a horror experiment project.
These two below are taken in our short movie set where we used chicken blood to make it look like a butchering event had happened.
My school's building. Heavily edited.
These two below is me. I had so much fun creating these (also scaring other dorm people)
Also me. Mask from my short movie from last year.
İstanbul, my hometown. Taken last year. I know the teddy bear is not German Expressionism like but I think the edit fits the theme.
And thats me also. I showered with my eyeliner on and after that I thought well that makes an emo photo and took it. Years later now I'm putting it on my blog.
There you go. All of these are taken and edited by me. Used photoscape to edit (I'm a newbie) and various devices. Mostly my Nexus 5
Vampires. It was everything back in 2009. The internet was overloading with Edward Cullen and many variations of vampire movies have been made. In everybook written in late 2000's, there are vampires.
But what started it all? Dracula, you are thinking right now.
You are right.
But also wrong.
It was Nosferatu.
Many great articles have been written about Nosferatu and Dracula; some included newer version of, Dracula too, some only talked about the copyright issue of the Nosferatu, some talked about the differences and similarities between them.
This article below talks deeply about the two movies, explaining the copyright issue and the details of the both films.
the-artifice.com/nosferatu-and-dracula/
When Murnau wanted to make a movie out of the Dracula book, he couldn't afford it so he simply changed the characters' names and a few scenes and voila! Nosferatu was born. And it changed history.
Without Nosferatu, Dracula would probably be buried under unsuccesful books written in old times. Nosferatu visualized it and gave Dracula a body, and in general made vampires make sense.
Blame or praise Nosferatu for the vampire madness.
the-artifice.com/nosferatu-and-dracula/
This article is written by a blogger named Katrina Swenson. She goes into details of the plot, the techniques, and the social context. She also slightly talks about the German Expressionism and its affects on both movies.
The purpose of this article is to highlight the similarities between Nosferatu and Dracula movie, also remind the differences too such a social background and the technology used.
"The style of this technique helped to define and place Nosferatu within the German expressionist and Weimar cinema movements."
This is a quote from the article mentioning the affect of German Expressionism in Nosferatu. Nosferatu is a Weimar cinema movie meaning that it contains all of the element of German Expressionism.
The later vampire movie Dracula also still carries out the legend of German Expresisonism and uses similar shadow things!
In Nosferatu's famous stair scene, it is clear to see the dark shadow of the vampire rather than the man himself. We also see the heavy use of shadows repeated in the 1992 movie Bram Stoker's Dracula
And also the author mentions the technical similarities;
"The majority of the shots within Murnau’s Nosferatu are quick and the jumps between scenes or even person to person are swift. The camera itself does not move so movement is shown with the actors, scenes of travel, and of course Orlok’s looming shadow."
"Coppola uses similar quick cuts between scenes but also uses fading images and overlays."
Although there is a huge year difference between two movies, Coppola used similar methods in order to give the vibe Murnau gave with the German Expressionist style he had.
In my opinion, this article was a good one, very detailed and thoroughly explained. I believe even a person who hadn't seen neither of the movies can understand the comparison. I found this article very useful and information loaded.
