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IB Film Students Discuss Final Project "Dead Man Watching" on Ivy Film Show
Summary
Members of the student production Filmfish Pictures discussed creative choices, symbolism and production challenges behind their final IB Film project "Dead Man Watching" during an interview on the Ivy Film Show.
Mr. Shotwell, host of the Ivy Film Show, interviewed members of Filmfish Pictures about their student film "Dead Man Watching" during a televised segment in front of a studio audience. Editor Max Maina, cinematographer Mel Lopez and director Connor Stack described the film's nonlinear structure, color treatment and symbolic imagery and discussed challenges the team faced during production.
The conversation centered on how the filmmakers used color, inserts and stage imagery to separate flashbacks and to underscore themes. Max Maina, the film's editor, said he “ended up going with coloration” after experimenting with other approaches and cited inspiration from films including Forrest Gump and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Mel Lopez, the…
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