tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75589997510964238012024-03-12T23:47:25.898-07:00Never Let Me GoClaraalcotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835390779039110402noreply@blogger.comBlogger158125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558999751096423801.post-41119710281922518062015-09-03T14:22:00.003-07:002015-09-03T14:22:46.478-07:00<div class="post_title medium">
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Claraalcotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835390779039110402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558999751096423801.post-30799852971187275762014-09-23T15:14:00.000-07:002014-09-24T06:42:17.516-07:00The Distant Architect -- KICKSTARTER -- LIVE!!!<iframe frameborder="0" height="360" scrolling="no" src="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1821975166/the-distant-architect/widget/video.html" width="480"> </iframe><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">This season I am embarking on a major step in the preparation for my film</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> </span></span><i style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 14px;"><a href="http://www.thedistantarchitect.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">The Distant Architect</a>. </i><span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">The film has been in development for the last few years and I'm ready to take the film into production i.e. it's ready to shoot! In order to secure funding a</span><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1821975166/the-distant-architect" style="line-height: 14px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">Kickstarter</span></a><span style="line-height: 14px;"><span style="color: #1a1a1a;"> </span><span style="color: #cccccc;">campaign has been set up. </span></span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><i style="line-height: 14px;">The Distant Architect</i><span style="line-height: 14px;"> is a Science Fiction Noir. The film centers on a young architect named Karen who begins to question what she knows about herself and her body. Are there parts of her that are cybernetic? Does it matter? Can she still be considered a "normal woman"? The story is close to my heart and explores some of the themes that I want to "get out there". I love Film Noir and Science Fiction and am excited to make this film telling a woman's story. </span><span style="line-height: 14px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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Claraalcotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835390779039110402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558999751096423801.post-31563861725915826912014-09-20T09:33:00.002-07:002014-09-20T09:42:18.119-07:00Taking A Leap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Excited/Nervous/Anxious but yes, initially and resolutely excited. I launched my Kickstarter campaign for <i>The Distant Architect</i>. I've wanted to start one for awhile and finally everything came together. I promised I would launch on Saturday September 13th, and I did. I had a quietly thrilling few moments as I pushed the button to launch while I was sitting alone in my living room. Then I promptly fell sound asleep. I've been working extremely long hours at my "day film job". I was able to finish the clerical and technical aspects of the campaign, get the video edited. But there was no time to promote. So cue the solitary Living Room Launch Party. It's been relaxing to have a "soft launch", sort of like a restaurant. This past week my friend and producer Laurie Little and I have had time to work out the kinks in the campaign. We're rested up to start a great social media blitz- watch out. </div>
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I am most excited though for the <span style="color: #c27ba0;"><a href="http://www.thedistantarchitect.com/" target="_blank">film</a>.</span> With prior funding, savings and now the kickstarter- we will be ready to go. Ready to shoot. I can't believe it, finally. I've got butterflies in my tummy and my toes tingle under the covers like Christmas Morning. My "when" has become "anticipation". </div>
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Pic above from our location scout to the South Shore. A very<span style="color: #c27ba0;"> </span><span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><a href="http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/77-la-jetee-sans-soleil" target="_blank"><span style="color: #c27ba0;">La Jetee</span></a> </span>inspired shot.</div>
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Claraalcotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835390779039110402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558999751096423801.post-26002713753022671722014-07-07T20:57:00.000-07:002014-07-07T20:57:09.428-07:00Blixa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nick Cave's music often evokes and conjures imagery of dark lovelorn tales, desolate tableau or dirty back alleys. Gothic narratives populated with peculiar and eccentric souls. Within Cave's band The Bad Seeds, there was the jarring presence of Blixa Bargeld. An allegorical visage and disaffected performer, he played both in the Bad Seeds and his own band Einstürzende Neubauten. Einstürzende Neubauten is one of my favorite band names ever- translated as "Collapsing New Buildings". Bargeld played with Nick Cave for about twenty years before leaving the Bad Seeds.<br />
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I was lucky enough to catch a screening of the documentary <i>20,000 Days on Earth</i>. Sort of a documentary/fiction hybrid centered around the making of Nick Cave's excellent album Push the Sky Away. The camera follows Cave as he drives around in a car with some of his collaborators. And then there was Blixa. There was something poignant about their conversation. Evidently Bargeld left the Bad Seeds somewhat abruptly. He explained that he could not be in two bands and in order to care for his marriage he had needed to leave the Bad Seeds. As a fan and a listener it was affecting to hear them talk about Blixa's exit and the music they made together.<br />
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Claraalcotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835390779039110402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558999751096423801.post-31031757517677028192014-06-17T14:15:00.000-07:002014-06-20T10:12:29.888-07:00Silent Controlled Fury <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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all my love of cinema there were titles and trends that I've purposely ignored.
Some I probably rightly intuited my disinterest in and others possibly
because they were just too obvious. There were a few times I came around to
watching some of the films I originally dismissed and then genuinely enjoyed
them (I went through film school completely ignoring the French New Wave, only
to become a late convert). So a couple of winters back, I thought,
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movies or male-centered films where women seem to barely have supporting roles.
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Godfather</i> is all of those things but I
still enjoyed it- and I especially liked <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The
Godfather 2</i>. I adore Diane Keaton and appreciate her in the Godfather
films, but as Michael Corleone pushes her away, we don't see her as much. She
had a strong monologue in Godfather 2 though- the "Our marriage is an
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controlled. There was so much weight and power to his portrayal of Michael
Corleone. He was this imposing magnet that the camera, the supporting
characters and the viewer gravitate towards. It's actually one of my favorite
performances. It taught me a lot about acting and the comportment of the silent
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Claraalcotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835390779039110402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558999751096423801.post-14704939962585189732014-05-31T15:22:00.000-07:002014-05-31T15:22:16.001-07:00Oh Really Now<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Jarvis Cocker has a radio show!<br />
"Jarvis Cocker takes listeners on a nocturnal journey around stories of night people."<br />
Link to show <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/jcwn" target="_blank">here - www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/jcwn </a><br />
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Just found this screengrab of a skype with my friend Franzi in Berlin. We hadn't seen each other in about 4 years and we basically talked for as many hours. It was awesome. I took her on a tour of my apartment with the computer. She was especially interested in the fridge that dispenses water and ice, which is evidently an American novelty <i>; )</i>Claraalcotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835390779039110402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558999751096423801.post-32214866745232691912014-05-27T07:48:00.001-07:002014-05-27T08:07:05.117-07:00Arranging the script on my floor <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here is a shot of the customary index card stage of screenwriting-<br />
It's fun to bring a physicality to your writing <i>: )</i>Claraalcotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835390779039110402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558999751096423801.post-37964838822724415322014-05-25T20:07:00.001-07:002014-05-25T20:07:13.845-07:00Camera Tests For The Distant Architect<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/82313826" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/82313826">The Distant Architect Preview</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2711732">Clara Alcott</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Here are some camera tests that we made for the upcoming project <a href="http://thedistantarchitect.com/" target="_blank"><i>The Distant Architect </i></a>Claraalcotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07835390779039110402noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558999751096423801.post-29469892979499865142014-05-22T07:24:00.001-07:002014-05-22T07:35:37.995-07:00More photos by Mervyn O'Gorman<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photo's of Mervyn O'Gorman's daughter Christina. Autochrome photos taken on the beach, 1913.<br />
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This beautiful shot is from the film<i> Never Let Me Go</i>. I love the look of the shot-<br />
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I have actually never seen <i> Never Let Me Go</i> but I love the book by Kazuo Ishiguro. The book in some ways inspired the title for my blog. Not sure why I never saw the film, maybe it’s because I was apprehensive because the book is so special to me.<br />
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Maybe it's time to see the film <i>: )</i><br />
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Incidentally it was the photo on the cover of the book that inspired me to read<i> Never Let Me Go</i><br />
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likes it's myths and stories. The Hollywood Narrative appreciates the
self-obsessed and Hollywood's favorite stories are about itself. Once a genre that
came out of being a second thought, a thrifty "B Unit", the Film Noir
is a reluctant American art form. I love cinema and I especially love Film Noir
and I can over do it when I gush. It probably has to do with stylization
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almost a blueprint. It's not easy though. Shadows, a gun and dark clothing
don't a movie make. If you step away for a moment, a well crafted Noir script
is quietly modern and beautiful. A sparse framework, where shadows, pathos and
mood can creep in and fill the empty spaces. I can take comfort that there is a
suggested direction, and almost relax into it. A subtle relinquishing of
control. As I keep working, I am writing my own story, the one that is needed for my
film. It is like finding a tailored glove. Pulling it on slowly, tugging at
something dark and form fitting. Schooled and studied, I've kept writing,
pushing through stages of inertia, the grays and the bleakness of unconfirmed
schedules and financing. But with time you begin to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">know</i>. I know myself and I know my story. I know my curves and
lines. Fit and dressed, I've let myself be drawn where I needed to go but the
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When my good friend Dania aka <span style="color: #d5a6bd;"><a href="http://stacian.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Stacian</a></span> asked me to <a href="https://vimeo.com/64859951" target="_blank">make a music video for her song Orbit</a>, I was excited to work with her. I was also in the middle of two projects and needed to make a creative turn to make the video. Since this was my first project with Dania (but not the last! She is composing the score for<span style="color: #d5a6bd;"> <a href="http://claraalcott.blogspot.com/2012/06/reds-and-blues.html" target="_blank"><i>Reds and Blues</i></a></span>), I wanted to start small. I wanted to see how we would work together and I wanted to do something personal that reflects her character and music. <br />
One of my favorite videos is Nick Cave's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxORulyOXs8" target="_blank">Deanna</a>, which was mostly shot in his living room in Berlin. While I was developing the concept for the video I knew that I wanted to do something where I could use a camera and lights that I owned, no large crew, no large equipment rental package. Simply show Stacian in her space and neighborhood, using a lot of different quick and easy set-ups. So it was just the two of us for most of the day, except when a friend stopped by to make us some tea.<br />
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Stacian's music is minimal synth, with textures and tones. I wanted to capture that "electronic" feel in the video. I wanted it to look very "video". The piece was shot on one of my old 1 chip mini dv cameras. But most of the effects were rendered in post. I really enjoyed experimenting with the various degrees of video noise and textures and hope to do more in this vein. We actually shot a whole bunch of extra footage that day; we were very efficient, Stacian is a great creative partner : ) So I may even have enough left over to make another video!<br />
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Stills From the video I shot for Stacian's 'Orbit'<br />
Watch<a href="https://vimeo.com/64859951"> <span style="color: #c27ba0;">here</span></a><br />
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<span class="userContent">Here is a video I directed for STACIAN<br /> <br /> Orbit by STACIAN <br /> From the album Songs For Cadets on Moniker Records</span><br />
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Romaine Brooks was an American painter who lived and worked primarily in Paris. I love the tone of her paintings. The contrasts and the blacks. She often worked within a limited palette and she was known especially for her grays. Although somewhat of a loner, she could be included in an expatriate lesbian intelligentsia that lived in Paris during the prewar years. She often painted her friends, imbuing a strength and quiet calm in her portraits.<br />
Moving away to Europe can be a freeing experience. I went alone, and what was initially uncertain, strengthens and solidifies character. I wanted to go away somewhere to a new place and new language. Where I knew almost no one. I felt free and catatonic at the same time. I went to what would be a contemporary Paris today. I went to Berlin where the rent and coffee were still pretty cheap. Berlin is the grayest city, with cool contrasts and blacks. I found my identity as an artist there and when I returned to the states I asked the muse to Never Let Me Go.<br />
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A documentary about women in Paris during the prewar years -<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114093/"> <span style="color: #a64d79;"><i>Paris Was a Woman</i></span></a><br />
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<br /><i>Chasseresse</i>, 1920, <i>The Cross of France</i> 1914, <i>Peter, A Young English Gir</i>l 1923, <i>Self Portrait</i> 1914<br />
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<i>L'inhumaine</i> is a French science fiction film from 1924. The title translates to "the inhuman woman". Directed by avant-garde filmmaker Marcel L'Herbier (<span style="font-size: 95%; line-height: 1.5em;"><i>L'Argent</i>, </span><span style="font-size: 95%; line-height: 1.5em;"><i>Le Bonheur</i>)</span>, the film had distinctive sets created by a design team of architects and fine artists. Fernand Léger and René Lalique were some of the more notable names involved. An Opera singer named Georgette Leblanc requested that L'Herbier create a vehicle for her. She promised that she could provide American financing but the project couldn't be too abstract...<br />
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Aside from set designers, Marcel L'Herbier brought in a diverse group of contemporary artists to contribute to the film. Paul Poiret even designed the costumes. L'Herbier wanted the project to bring together different disciplines of modern art and showcase cinema as a complementary and distinctive art form in its own right. <br />
The end result evidently pissed a lot of people off. The premiere enjoyed a <span style="color: #c27ba0;"><a href="http://classicalmusic.about.com/od/20thcenturymusic/qt/rite-of-spring.htm">Rite of Spring</a></span>-like reaction. Supposedly there was a lot of fighting and arguing during the screenings. And the screenings evidently weren't much different from the production of the film itself. There was a huge formal soiree that was supposedly attended by Picasso, Jean Cocteau, Man Ray, etc. But real life parties are frustrating to incorporate into filmmaking and can test the patience of a crew. Evidently the documented party dissolved into arguments and scuffles too. (Filmmaking tip: start drinking <i>after</i> the shoot).<br />
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Ruth Chatterton, what an edgy Old Hollywood gem. She was an actress, writer and pilot- or to put it more charmingly, an aviatrix. Briefly a marquis name, many times her roles reflected her nerve and intellect. She worked during the 1930s, an era when Hollywood was not afraid of smart women. Bette Davis co-starred in a couple movies with her and Davis described her as talented and intimidating. <i>Bette Davis was intimidated</i>. Precode productions took advantage of her assertive sexuality. Ruth Chatterton made three films with Dorothy Arzner one of the only woman director's of the 1930s-40s working in Hollywood. At times her films were melodramatic, with dizzyingly scandalous convoluted plots but Chatterton's talent would carry things along. Pauline Kael called her "the great Ruth Chatterton". She made her screen debut at 35 and worked in film acting for about ten years. She reached a point in her career where she could choose which projects to sign on to, an accomplishment during the contracted studio system years. Prior to her cinema career Chatterton worked on Broadway. She went back to theater when she "aged out" of working in movies. Known internationally, she also worked in Europe and translated French plays for the American stage. In her later years she retired to write novels. <br />
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Ruth Chatterton films to check out- <i>Female</i> 1933, <i>Dodsworth </i>1936<br />
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About a year ago I <span style="color: #c27ba0;"><a href="http://claraalcott.blogspot.com/2012/02/some-words-about-kodak.html">wrote</a></span> about how I made a short film with my brother Brennan and my friend <span style="color: #c27ba0;"><a href="http://heathermarievernon.com/home.html">Heather Vernon</a></span>. Well Brennan just sent over some pics from that day. We shot 1 reel of film : ) & there was a sequence where Heather was hanging out the back of the minivan-which explains the last shot.</div>
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