weeds

     short gothic nordic noir

June, 40 escapes to a desolate cabin in the aftermath of a traumatic event. The uncanny nature is calling for  revenge and to survive she has to decide whether to destruct or deconstruct.

script for 10 min Short Film

abstract for my thesis

The listening actor. The thinking actor. The interplace. This work falls into the area of artistic research, namely the discourse of actors´s text work, exploring cinematic aesthetics concerning gaps and inbetween spaces in character work. Based on the beliefs of connecting through character, and the chiasm created as an interplace for audience and art to meet, artistic choices in acting and directing are explored. Inviting the gaps is an `essayer´ to make (a space and a) place for poetic art to arrive where a thought script will be explored.

investigating the gaps in poetic film practice-

with exploring the negative aesthetics my intention is inviting the gaps with the help of imposing movement psychology in directing the actors as well as a thought script as methods for investigating the space, of- the interplace (chiasm? Meurly - Ponty ) - within character and the non-linear narrative. Focus on the thinking actor based on the theory that we connect through character.

 

Gaps in cinematic dialogue? Do we create them? Can we? How?  Or will the gaps appear inbetween the "gaps" we create, as an essence of all the non-planned, non-said, non-by human touched?

 

                                                                                 research areas of interest

dark ecology - aesthetics based on uncertainty and melancholy

ecogothic - non-antropocentric

gaps (art, sublime, poetic film)

character work - good acting

feministic (queer?) approach

memory                   nature/culture

sorrow                      form as content

loss

trauma

utilizing the acting technique from my school according to yat malmgren- movement psychology

                                                                                                      process

process diary-

studying nordic noir

studying gothic horror

negative aesthetics

                 *

wanting to explore the gaps - inbetween - sorrow - time - mind & space - space &place -the female body - ecology - archaic landscape - queer film theory

pitching 2 different ideas:

pitching weeds/amour dure

pitching ana vah (sci fi saga)

studying /watching my interest in films - silent movies - scandinavian horror - duras - varda - akerman- 


Interviewing

Mia Engberg


Janys Hayes

studying artistic research - mia engberg - verena meidl-faißt -janys hayes - kersti grunditz-brennan - mia törnqvist - 


studying literature -le Guin - Bergson - Sontag - Kristeva-Nietzsche - Debord - Yi Fu Tuan - Meurly-Ponty -

2023.04.24- 2023.05.26

writing the script

2023.04.24- 2023.06.30

planned writing a thought script to be explored and filmed one day in June(9th) with actress AnnSofie Rase at Grand Hotel - to  investigate the character as well as the thinking actor

planned filming september/october 3 days at location Noors Gård, Knivsta

1 day dream scenes in studio

the thought script

 

as a process of developing a working aesthetics together with the actress

as a test to create a map for the actor to help hher telling my story

                                                                                         the doing of a film

                                                           ogräs -  melancholy as a room for reflection

crew

writer /director    Sara Key

producer - Key

producer assistant - Marcelo Racana

script    x

DoP  - Milja Rossi

editor - Filip Fritz

Gaffer - Samantha Wijkmark

1stass photo -Linnea Bons

1st AD  - Alva van Niekirk

best boy - Hampus Jönsson

2nd ass camera David Loorenz

3rd ass camera Jonatan Netter

graphic designer   Rania Ghazali

special effects   x

costume - Key

mua -Vera Fahleson

PA - Ebba Skoog

pa- Jennie Johansson

sound design Peter Mrdjen

score/music      Johan Arrias


 

actors

AnnSofie Rase

Samuel Fröler

young girl 1

young girl 2

 considerations

befintligt ljus? or lighting at location

small crew - mental intimacy scenes

female crew?


there is an idea for a documentary about the Swedish medieval saint Magnhild from Fulltofta - later?


writing two scripts? one for feature, one for short? or one for ten minutes one for five


dream scenes on location and/or studio

directors statement- seduce to care

with exploring the negative aesthetics my intention is inviting the gaps with the help of imposing movement psychology in directing the actors as well as a thought script as methods for investigating the space - the interplace (Meurly - Ponty ) - within character and the non-linear narrative.

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