There's probably a lot of cross over between regular readers of this blog and regular readers/participants of the Great Expectations project. So for those of you who may have seen any of this before, well, you're going to see it again.
I can't pass up the chance to generate some discussions regarding the finalists for the Great Expectations Film Contest - a joint venture of The Inquirer, the University of Pennsylvania and the Greater Philadelphia Film Office, funded with grants from the Lenfest and Knight Foundations.
Starting today and continuing through next week, I'll share one of the finalists in a blog post and ask you to give your thoughts. Great Expectations has done a totally awesome thing by sharing these videos and making it possible for other blogs and websites to embed them on their own sites.
You can bring up anything - the quality of the film making, the subject matter of the film, other related issues - but I encourage you to watch the entire film. Some are longer than others but they're all very well done and you shouldn't consider it a waste of time. In some cases, the film makers are amateurs or students, in other cases they are professionals. Either way, they are visually stimulating, tell great stories and explore the city and its people in new and interesting ways. And please, if you do want to comment, please consider copying your comment to this blog and Great Expectations.
If you want to skip ahead and watch all of them, be my (actually Great Expectations's) guest.
The first one is actually the longest and tells a story that, unfortunately, is too often told here in Philadelphia. It's called "Yesterday's Today" by a promising young writer/director named Falena Hand. She effectively uses long sequences with interesting shot choices and no dialog to build tension, accurately conveying the sense that an otherwise normal, mundane life can be changed without warning. She also makes particularly good use of an especially powerful work by the Mural Arts Program to give viewers a sense not only of her own hopes and dreams but also the aspirations of many of Philadelphia's young people - aspirations that are juxtaposed with a sometimes harsh reality. It definitely seems shorter than its 15-minute run time.
Since the films start by themselves, I'll put them after the jump so just click "Continue Reading" to see today's film.
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