My first professional short feature film as writer/director, VIVE LA FRANCE was made with a cast and crew of forty people over a weekend in March and cost 6500 to make.August, 1944. France has been occupied by Germany, but its people still resist. Believing that it has been harbouring resistance fighters, German soldiers have stormed a village deep in the heart of a French forest, killing all of the adults. They take the children into the woods, to where their commanding officer awaits them. In a place of quiet seclusion the Commander plans to prepare the children for a life in the future Empire of Germania. He will eradicate all trace of resistance from these children by way of an horrific test, but the soldiers suspect that their superior officer has an ulterior motive. No one, however, counts on a child's love for his siblings, and how one supreme act of defiance, sacrifice and love, will unravel everything...
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I want to, however, pick up on one small thing, the accents - it feels a bit out of line because of the non-realistic German accent. I mean it's not at all disturbing if you don't know the language, but if you do have a little knowledge of it, it makes you feel out of place. Once again, it ain't a big deal, but I would've allowed more time for my actors to master the language and spend more time with a dialect coach. It's just an advice for your upcoming feature.
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Your feedback will be greatly appreciated, and may serve to influence the feature film screenplay of this short (which is currently in development), which sees a German soldier fighting for the French Resistance after witnessing an horrific war crime (the subject of this short film).
Many thanks in advance.
I feel I'm more than ready to develop a feature of this (as I am currently doing at the moment), but I feel I would require more filmmaking experience before tackling the subject matter with the respect that it deserves, and that is what I am seeking at the moment when I am able to, outside of my fulltime job.
I'm glad that you were gripped by the film!
I found the camera work very professional and the atmosphere intense. I think you are ready for the feature but I hope you have a strong stomach, shoulders or heart for that world!
One bad thing: I had to click all the time to keep the film going. Shoothing People should do something about it!!
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