I am slowly putting the finishing touches on a short film which I shot in Paris, France, and Nocito, Spain over July/August of this year. What is very interesting about the film is that I shot it with only a semblance of a story in mind. I had no script, or any idea how how this film would turn out. I just kept shooting and shooting. I used no tripod, or artificial lighting. I found an unlikely actor in Patrice, who is not a professional actor - what you would call a non-actor. He had no idea what I was doing, I simply told him to do this and that. As I began to film more and more the story started to develop...a little.
I was so inspired by the imagery of Spain around me that I couldn't put the camera down. The mountain culture, the isolation, minimalism, all contributed to many ideas that I had. When I sat down to edit it I had hours and hours of footage. But the film seemed to edit itself and eventually what I created was something of a unique process for me. I usually like to be in control - this process, I used what I had.
I feel very proud of this film.
I hope to let you all know soon when it is finally finished.
The film is in French with English subtitles.
And I want to thank the wonderful musicians who were gracious enough to allow me to use their music in my film, particularly Nathalie Astruc who wrote the film's theme throughout the film:
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Renowned and respected Melbourne Independant filmmaker, Bill Mousoulis has rated Nocito in his Top 10 films of 2008. To be quite honest I was gobsmacked. I feel very privileged and honored that he would list Nocito here. At the same time he also listed Kissing Paris in his Top 10.
I am slowly putting the finishing touches on a short film which I shot in Paris, France, and Nocito, Spain over July/August of this year. What is very interesting about the film is that I shot it with only a semblance of a story in mind. I had no script, or any idea how how this film would turn out. I just kept shooting and shooting. I used no tripod, or artificial lighting. I found an unlikely actor in Patrice, who is not a professional actor - what you would call a non-actor. He had no idea what I was doing, I simply told him to do this and that. As I began to film more and more the story started to develop...a little.
