Lars Von Trier began making films at age eleven. Von Trier suffers periodically from depression, as well as various fears and phobias, including an intense fear of flying. As he quipped in an interview, "basically, I'm afraid of everything in life, except film making."[4] His first publicly released film was the 1977 experimental short The Orchid Gardener and his first feature came seven years later with The Element of Crime (1984). Among many prizes, awards and nominations, he is the recipient of the Palme d'Or (for Dancer in the Dark), the Grand Prix, and the Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival.
The reason that I have decided to research into this film maker as he is one of my favourites and I really like his style and feel that it is effective in creating interesting atmospheres withing his films.
One film by Von Trier I greatly enjoy is 'Dancer In The Dark' (2000). This film is so beautifully shot and carefully edited together that it creates a dynamic two hour long emotional journey for the viewer. The film was created as an "unconventional musical" - meaning the songs are not joyful and the ending is extremely far from happy. The songs sung in the film were used as a dream-like escape for the lead character Selma. The film was shot in a way that the "real world" was filmed with hand held cameras and the shots are a bit de-saturated, the song sequences were filmed using tripods and multiple camera dollies and are very colourful to mirror the dream imagery.
I would like to use this style within my own film work during this project as I personally really enjoy the aesthetic look of the filming style.
Below are screen captures from DANCER IN THE DARK
Below are screen captures from DANCER IN THE DARK
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