Nico Love* just completed his graduating film “In Threes” in the Tisch BFA Directing Program and his work is getting recognition on the international festival circuit. The film has been nominated for Best Student Film at the Berlin Indie Film Festival and has won the Gold Award for Best Experimental Film, Best Student Film, and the Silver Award for Best Student Director at the Independent Shorts Awards for the month of June. Chris Korte had the opportunity to talk to him about his work.
Chris Korte: Nico, first of all congratulations on this amazing achievement. Can you tell us a bit about your film – giving us both a synopsis and describing the formal qualities?
Nico Love: I left the story very ambiguous, inviting spectators to create their own interpretations by giving them minimal information. I shot the film on three cameras simultaneously. Each camera was aimed in a slightly different position so that when the three shots were synced together in post-production it created a panoramic triptych. Small lines divide each frame from the next, creating subtle borders to play with themes of disconnect and miscommunication on a visual scale. You rarely ever see two characters sharing the same space in the same camera, representing how the characters in the film are all feeling the disconnect from each other. [Read more…] about Interview with Nico Love: “Talking past each other”