Big Fork Short Film

My short film features Big Fork Theatre, a non profit organisation, which is a hub I attend for developing my comedy and improvisation skills.

I opened with the Big Fork logo and mission statement to quickly introduce the company to the viewer.

My first interviewee is Ben Snaith, a theatre educator, who is my instructor for the third course I’m doing, Characters.  For the film, I began with a voice-over technique to introduce Ben to the audience, then I included a closeup of myself to camera asking him questions. This was to show two different techniques common to documentary films.

I also interviewed Elissa, another theatre course participant. We have completed previous courses together, and now she is also in the Characters course. Her reasons for attending the Big Fork courses were, for me, unexpected. She wanted to develop extra leadership skills, to learn improvisation strategies for the corporate world.

I chose two interviewees for their different perspectives on comedy and improvisation; however, just like all of us Ben also performs at Big Fork.

I finished the film with the logo, as well as a first person shot approaching the theatre at night. I hope my use of the first person perspective encourages my viewers to be curious about seeing a show at Big Fork, because if my viewers consider anything at all, they should be curious about seeing a show amid the glittering landscape of Fortitude Valley’s night-life.