Vlogme05
Manifesto!
http://vlogme05.blogspot.com
Ten years
ago, there was Dogme 95. Now, there is Vlogme 05
(®, adapted and adopted: clark
ov saturn,
05)
From this day forward, Vloggers have the OPTION to participate in a
Vlogme
05 Vow of Chastity: 1.
Filming must be done on location. Props and sets must not be
brought in (if a particular prop is necessary for the story,
a location must be chosen where this prop is to be found).
This could be your home, a vehicle, outside, etc. The basic
gist is you are not creating a set, just filming somewhere
that already is. 2. The
sound must never be produced apart from the images or vice
versa. (Music must not be used unless it occurs where the
scene is being filmed). This could be a radio in the car,
stereo at home, etc, but the sound should be the ambient
sound from the filming environment. No post-production
music. 3. The
camera (or phone-camera) must be hand-held. Any movement or
immobility attainable in the hand is permitted. (The film
must not take place where the camera is standing; filming
must take place where the film takes place. i.e. the camera
moves to the people, not the people to the camera)
4. The
film must be in colour. Special lighting is not acceptable.
(If there is too little light for exposure the scene must be
cut or a single lamp be attached to the camera). Natural
light. 5.
Optical work and filters are forbidden, both in filming and
in post-production. 6. The
film must not contain superficial action. (Murders, weapons,
etc. must not occur.) 7.
Temporal and geographical alienation are forbidden. (That is
to say that the film takes place here and now.) 8. Genre
vlogs are not acceptable to be considered Vlogme05
certified. 9. No
text/character-generated titles are allowed, unless they
contain a blinking cursor. Titles created by hand and shot
with the camera are permissible. 10. The
director must not be credited in the vlog clip. (but may be
in the vlog post). Well of course it's ok to put your
website in there. Again, it should either be made by hand or
have a blinking cursor. 11. Only
cut edits allowed, and minimal editing. Whenever possible
the Vlog clip should run start to finish in one shot,
however cutting out unnecessary footage is desirable. It is
also permissible to pause the recording in camera at any
interval so that when played back the tape is already
semi-edited. In such a way it is still possible to get rapid
cuts, different angles, and time lapses. 12. Fade
ins and outs are not allowed. It should feel like you've
just put in a tape that you just shot, hit play and showed
us a moving snapshot of time, then hit stop. 13.
Special digital effects, filters, wipes, mixes not allowed.
Slow-motion and superspeed are permitted, however the audio
should sound accordingly slow or fast. 14. The
primary object of the Vlogme 05 vlog must be someone other
than the camera operator. It is equally desirable for the
person being filmed to know or to not know they are being
filmed. In fact, it may be 51/50 in favor of them not
knowing until after they have been filmed. But we're not
talking dirty closet sex tapes here. We're trying to capture
natural life occurring, not people performing for the
camera. It is
important to note that http://ZipZapZop.com
is not a Vlogme
05
project. If you
would like to contribute works to http://vlogme05.blogspot.com,
please contact clarkovsaturn@zipzapzop.com
to become a contributing member.
However, there is frequently a blinking cursor.