Beyond the Boundaries 5- Research part three

I decided to look further into Fred Burns work, a previous student on the DFSA course who specialised in documentary filmmaking. I was fascinated by his showreel, showing the variation of short documentaries, some of which were live music recordings which is something I would like to pursue further.

Fred Burns Showreel 

 Forget Cassettes? 



Forget Cassettes? is a short documentary piece looking into the cassette tape phenomenon, and the rise and fall off the cassette tape. The film was introduced by a short interview with the director of Curry's, who decided to stop stocking blank audiocassette tapes in their stores. What I liked about this documentary is the use of his parents and the personal touches Fred added to the film. I enjoyed finding out about the impact on people's lives, which is something I would like to explore, being the effect something has on peoples lives and the personal stories that are brought out by something as insignificant as a tape. This is very much something I would like to include in my final piece. The inclusion of voice over by himself is something I would like to do however I would need to script what I want to say, which is something I would have to look into further as I have not done something like this before. What I noticed when looking at Fred's work is the musical direction that all his films go in which is something I find fascinating and something which I wish I had done in previous projects.

Fightstar Live Acoustic performance for Channel Four, directed by Fred Burns