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An online talk with Rebecca Hall through the BFI future film festival.
- Rebecca talks about her acting, writing, producing and directing career.
- she found inspiration in her younger years with the golden age of Hollywood and the evolution of American cinema and helped shape her future projects.
-  taking time out of her career in filmmaking to write her screen play was a difficult decision to make to say no to career opportunities.
- using projects that inspired her to keep her own personal dreams and ideas going until she was able to move forward with that, she was able to understand each specific role within film when acting or producing.
- she speaks about how easy she felt writing her screenplay was because of her other experiences in life before that, writing a very quick draft and feeling overwhelmed with the idea she had created.
- its interesting their discussion about how important editing can be especially in the production stage to take into account how you are envisioning your scenes being cut, how she feels editing can feel like writing again, being back in the story and being creative.
- editing can change a story completely in a directors head and how evolving it can be a very natural process throughout but it keeps its unique and original feeling.

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Hybrid filmmaking talk at BFI future film festival

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I went to the BFI future film festival and attended a talk on hybrid film making, digital versus film.
- using digital is better for low budget as film can be expensive, especially 35mm, film can also only be purchased in two companies in the uk, also film uses a larger crew to run production increasing the cost overall.
- the pros of using film is the very unique and organic look it gives to a product, its popular in small music video productions to give a vintage feel.
- some big companies choose to shoot on digital as they had multiple scenes and takes then have the final film reprinted onto film saving valuable costs but having that same signature film look.
- its also important when shooting on digital to find colourists who align with your style to understand your project and can transform the project more in post than you might be able to with film.

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The final girls legacy at BFI future film festival

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Young programmers present - The final girls legacy

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Young programmers present - The final girls legacy

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The final girls legacy talk was such an interesting view point into a world where horror is so easily stereotyped into one objective view, this talk really opened up endless possibilities into the history and future of horror.
- the interesting history relating to religion and sin in horror to have the final girl be the most moral and angelic character and that playing a part in how she survives.
- How women have to suffer in order to escape or be freed from whatever is haunting them, or have to destroy themselves to seek revenge (young promising woman)
- a lot of modern thriller/slasher films are inspired from and almost throwbacks to classic horror films but with a modern ideal for the final girl to fit and represent a modern day final girl.
- newer age thrillers are moving away from old traditional fears and punishments shown in classic horrors and focus more on what modern society fears rather than the moral and religious punishment plot, including psychological horrors based around mental health issues and any recent traumatic events such as more films being about a fear of getting sick representing Covid-19 in many ways.
- Horror can also be an exercise in empathy, focusing on empathising with characters going through large traumatic events or a women director telling a story through a character such as young promising woman that resonates with so many women.
- Midsommar is another great example of teaching the importance of empathy with characters grieving and living through relatable situations for many audiences.
- its important to mention how horror is changing this trope of the final girl being a straight white woman from a well off family to be more inclusive and relatable rather than perpetuating the negative stereotypes about this complex genre.