Asthetica Short Film Festival

Asthetica Short Film Festival

Today I attended the Asthetica Short Film Festival in York. We had the opportunity to learn new things about film making, music videos, a chance to look around York St Johns university and to explore the beautiful city.

Here was today's itinerary: 

We firstly had a chance to watch numerous short films that were shown as part of the festival. We had time to watch a documentary about Zima's Winter, a comedy about job interviews and a fashion clip for River Island. I enjoyed each video in a different way. The documentary shot amazing footage of the extreme weather conditions faced in Zima and how the local people survive and get on with their lives. I really enjoyed the Job Interview as it was hilarious it showed that people will do anything to get a job. The Fashion film shot four men modeling River Island clothing and walking around an urban area.

We then had the took part in a university taster session at York St. Johns. This was really interesting as they discussed the different things you could do with film making and showed us a well examples of under graduate pieces which was amazing. We then had a chance for a quick Q & A with the lecturers.

We then went to a master class on the ' A - Z of Music Video' I found this extremely interesting and gave us some great advise on the over all creation of music videos including the shooting, keeping the artist happy and editing. We learnt that it is vital to create a good vibe on set and this helps to create the best possible piece of work. Grading and adding colour to the music video is important as it brings the footage to life. They also gave out sweets which was great. Here is a picture from the master class.