1 / 10

NASH EDGERTON

NASH EDGERTON. An Australian director and stuntman. He began his career as a stuntman and then began making shorts. His shorts and music videos are known for their edginess, off beat humour and twisted endings. Many of his shorts have won awards both

calix
Download Presentation

NASH EDGERTON

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. NASH EDGERTON An Australian director and stuntman. He began his career as a stuntman and then began making shorts. His shorts and music videos are known for their edginess, off beat humour and twisted endings. Many of his shorts have won awards both in Australia and internationally. He has also since made the transition into full length feature films with the release of the “The Square” (2008).

  2. A partial list of some of the shorts he has written and directed. 2011/I Bear (Short) 2007 Spider (Short) 2005 The IF Thing (Short) 2005/ Lucky (Short) 2003 Fuel (Short) 2001 The Pitch (Short) 1997/I Deadline (Short)

  3. On directing: • Asked about the best advice he ever received when it came to directing, Mr. Edgerton says, “To make things that you want to see. Don't try and guess what the audience wants. Trust that if you make something for yourself, there are other people out there who will enjoy it as well."

  4. STYLE/TREATMENT • Most of his films would be in the action/comedy genre. • In the short you are about to see (and in most others by him): the camera has a handheld camera aesthetic combined with a naturalistic, gritty feel and a muted colour scheme all of which serve to create a kind of intimacy. I was made to feel like I was literally someone in the back seat of the car witnessing all. • His shorts and music videos are known for their edginess, off beat humourand twisted endings.

  5. “SPIDER” Director: NASH EDGERTON 2007

  6. Video snippets • Splices (2 min total): • http://splicd.com/YbgeDnWcSnU/80/130 • http://splicd.com/YbgeDnWcSnU/310/385 • Fullvideo, high quality: http://vimeo.com/21037121

  7. I selected this video because • As noted before this video has a gritty, naturalistic and intimate style which I was drawn to. • The familiarity of a couple having a tense moment is something we can all relate to and the dialog is very believable, which serve to make the ending all that more shocking and surreal. • Though I wouldn’t say I’m necessarily an aficionado of this genre per se (humour is a little twisted) – I was impressed by the sheer shock value, how cleverly it was achieved and the impact it had … all under 10 minutes.

  8. Analysis/Meaning • From the beginning the atmosphere is tense and through clever use of dialog straightaway we learn what the tension is about,a joke that has gone too far. ‘Always, Jack, you go too far. Too far, by one step’. • The meaning goes back to the quote at the beginning, “It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye”. If you keep messing with people, you’ll get the comeuppance you deserve. • On repeated viewings I was able to pick out little touches in the setup and dialog which fit cleverly into the storyline/ending and what the director was trying to achieve.(next slide)

  9. Analysis The theme of one step too far: • Firstly Jill accuses him of always taking things one step too far. • In the petrol station Jack buys chocolates and flowers etc, but then on a whim he also buys a joke spider (one step too far). • Then we have the first twist and we think that’s it but they are able to bring the car under control. However right after that we have a double twist where Jack throws the spider at Jill and literally causes her to take one step (back) TOO FAR. • From then it enters the realm of the absurd and comedic (maybe pushing it another step too far?) where you have yet another twist with Jack getting a hypodermic needle in the eye after being told to take a few steps back (obviously not quite far enough). • Jack won’t learn from his mistakes until he’s made the BIGGEST mistake – at the highest cost.

  10. Concluding thoughts • The impact and shock value of what happens are all heightened by the fact we have all probably experienced a time where a joke or situation was taken too far with unintended consequences.

More Related