by Jaime Grijalba.
Will this be it? The definitive? The last one? The post that will shatter the expectations and destroy the ‘reputation’ I’ve been building online? Saying that ‘Donnie Darko’ (2001) was my favorite film of all time didn’t do it, neither did the huge blank spots in my film watching, nor the addition of ‘trash’ in my Top 20 films of 2010. Some people may know, but I think the majority of you don’t, I am 21 years old, I live in Chile (a longish country in South America) and I go to the Catholic University of Chile, in which I study ‘Audiovisual Direction’, in other words, I study Film, but they don’t like that name around here. Supposedly, the career I study would let me direct film, TV, commercials, music videos, also produce, write, shoot, connect, etc. Practicly, they aim way too high for a 4-and-a-half years studying time. So, what I am going to do is show you a piece of my work, a short film directed and written by me.
This one is called “Manifiesto”, which in spanish means “Manifesto”, it was shot, edited and uploaded in 2010. It’s 3 minutes long (the maximum allowed for the exercise) and was made in the context of the Documentary Workshop lead by the teacher, journalist and filmmaker Paola Castillo. Why I am so unsure about showing you this? Well, many reasons, but first of all, she (Paola) hated it and gave me a failing grade. Now, in no way I’m trying to get my revenge on her or anything likely, I’m just putting all I have out there and hope for the best, at least a couple of nods, maybe some hate mail, a bunch of inflamatory comments, just good moments. So, here you have it, give it a watch. (more…)