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Meet Indie Film Director : A BAD DAY (En Dårlig Dag)

 

 

 

 

En Dårlig Dag (A Bad Day) a recent submission to the ÉCU 2010 European Dramatic Short Category is about a professional hitman, whose job doesn't go quite to plan. Mairi Cunningham talks to the film's director Bjarki Thomsen.

 

Q. Tell me briefly about your film. Where did the idea come from to have a hit man finally outdone by his victim?

The hitman has no empathy for others. The only soft spot the hitman has, is losing money, which Tatyana realises during the film. He destroys other people's life, so Tatyana fights back on that soft spot.

 

Q. The film has some fairly violent moments. Tell me a bit more about the scene where Jan is shot? How did you go about filming it? And what was the cleanup process like?

It was 3 separate shots.

1. the actor that gets shot.

2. theater-blood throwned upon the wall from a small cup.

3. a  "hardball"-pistol that shoots small plastic-bullets, while the slade

moves backward.

Then in editing those 3 shots were put togehter, and some "fire" was added on the barrel of the pistol. And finally I borrowed a pistol that fires blanks, and made some sound recordings of that gun.

Q. Tell me about the casting process. What was it like working with such a small cast?

I've seen the actors in other short films, and thought they would fit perfect. Even though the schedule was tight, we never felt we were behind time-schedule. All 3 actors were so well prepared, focused and ready.

Q. The action of the film spans real time. But how long did the filming process take?

1 day for light-setting, 2 days for filming,

Q. The majority of the film takes place in one confined setting. Where was the location? How did you go about choosing the warehouse?

The "warehouse" is actually the studio on Media College Denmark (Medieskolerne i Viborg)

Because of the tight schedule, I chose a story, where I used the same light-setting for the majority of the film. In addition I had some small lamps I could move around with, to add on some extra light when necessary. I was originally thinking of another story, but that story would have needed several locations and light-settings. And with the tight schedule, it would have been too difficult.

Q. Is there significance in the fact that the woman succeeds in outdoing the hit man? Is this a message today for liberated women?!

I haven't thought of it in that way. I was thinking of a victim that happens to be on the wrong spot in the wrong time, with fatal consequences. But she manages to destroy the hitman's day at least.

Q. What is your next project?

I would like to make a story, with an anti-hero who goes through a lot of struggles. But in the end, things work out for him. You know a happy ending. :)

 

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Scott Hillier, Founder and President of ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival
 
Scott Hillier is a director, cinematographer, and screenwriter, based in Paris, France. In the last 20 years, Hillier has gained international recognition from his strong and incredible cinematography, editing, writing, producing and directing portfolio in both the television and film industries.  
 
Scott began his career in the television industry in Australia. In 1988, he moved to London getting a job with the BBC who then set him to Baghdad. This opportunity led him to 10 years of traveling around world for the BBC, mainly in war zones like Somalia, Bosnia, Tchetcheynia, Kashmir, and Lebanon. After a near fatal encounter with a Russian bomber in Tchechnyia, Hillier gave up his war coverage and began in a new direction. 
 

He moved to New York City in 1998.  He directed and photographed eight one-hour documentaries for National Geographic and The Discovery Channel. Based on his war knowledge and experience, Hillier wrote and directed a short film titled, “Behind the Eyes of War!" The film was awarded “Best Short Dramatic Film” at the New York Independent Film and TV Festival in 1999. From that he served as Supervising Producer and Director for the critically acclaimed CBS 42 part reality series, "The Bravest” in 2002 and wrote and directed a stage play called, "Deadman’s Mai l," which ran at Le Théâtre du Moulin de la Galette in Paris during the summer of 2004. He then became the Director of Photography on a documentary titled, “Twin Towers." This was yet another life changing experience for Hillier. The riveting documentary won an Academy Award for "Best Documentary Short Subject" in 2003. In 2004, Hillier changed continents again, spending three months in Ethiopia. He produced “Worlds Apart,” a pilot for ABC America / True Entertainment / Endemol. As you can see, Hillier was and is always in constant movement and enjoys working in a number of diverse creative areas including documentaries, music videos, commercials, feature and short films.

 
Scott studied film at New York University and The London Film and Television School. He also studied literary non-fiction writing at Columbia University. Hillier's regular clients include the BBC, Microsoft, ABC, PBS and National Geographic. Between filming assignments, he used to teach film, a Masters Degree course in Screenwriting at the Eicar International Film School in Paris, France and journalism at the Formation des Journalistes Français in Paris, France. 
 

 


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