Why am I a filmmaker? A film festival asked me to answer this question in 250 words. I wrote a one page manifesto, but shortly after finishing that, I experienced a compulsion to tell that story with pictures.
To this film festival, I have submitted Broken Helmets. It is a biographical screenplay telling the story of my friends and I. It is a personal narrative intended to understand what happened during a five year period that I survived. Broken Helmets is a true story. It was the easiest thing I’ve ever written. It was the most painful thing I’ve ever written.
I made this short, because I was reading my manifesto and the moment I began reading it – Missing by Bruce Springsteen started. It wrecked me. I know why I need to make movies. This short is my cinematic manifesto and your introduction to my story. It is a first draft, but you don’t get to ski every line twice – so enough bullkit. Start the movie.
En Memoriam: Nyima Sorenson and Coogan Kelly Wh
2 responses so far ↓
Kristina // June 20, 2009 at 5:36 am
Great video. I love it. Its nice to get an idea and see what kind of creativity you have and where its headed….does that make sense?!
Kit // June 20, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Word. That does make sense.