- What are the precise rules of each of the obstructions?
#Obstruction1
1.No single edit may be longer than 12 frames.
2.Questions that ”What is this human doing?Why has the music?” should be answered.
3.The film should be shot in Cuba
4.The film should be shot without any set.
#Obstruction2
1.Go to one of the most miserable places.
2.Go close to really harrow things and scenes close to real life.
3.Jorgen plays character Claus Nissen.
4.The meal should be there.
#Obstrution3(a punishment)
1.completely free of remake the second film back to Bombay
#Obstruction4
1.cartoon
#Obstruction5
1.Bring things full circle
2.Jorgen does nothing expect dircting
3.Jorgen should read a designated script Lars Von Trier wrote for him
4.can only use materials filmed in former 4 flims
- How does Jorgen cope with the obstructions?
1.repetition/reverse left and right
2.putting a half-transparent broad between the miserable and the perfect
3.(free from obstructions)
4.looking for a man who is expert in making cartoon
5.Restricting the color to only black and white
- What is the effect on the movies he produces?
1.an interesting old leth film, the worst limitation become the one that makes the film interesting.
2.A film contrasting the rich, perfect and the miserable, however, the delicate thought of putting a half-transparent broad between made the film against the rules.
3.guessing what different people is thinking
4.He managed to make a cartoon.
5.The black and white expression of the scenes in previous flims with the narration background music greatly summarzies the whole flim and also serves as an end of the whole flim.
- My own thought: The trial is really interesting and it is the first time that I have seen films made out of obstructions instead of plots. The artistic expression methods are worthing learning and reflecting, which may help broaden my thought when filming my own “5 Obstructions”.