RESEARCH - Elephant

When questioned about the intention of the film, Gus Van Sant stated that he “wanted to recreate the actions of the day without any glib sociological or psychological explanations for an inexplicable horror.” A review of the film later read “Elephant is filmmaking at its most powerful and provocative…Van Sant sketches a portrait of what is lost when such a tragedy does happen…Elephant’s neutrality forces the viewer the confront the utter senselessness of such a tragedy and the arbitrary randomness with which it can strike…Elephant is the most affecting and powerful film of the year.” These are the aspects of the film which I admire most and would like to reciprocate in my own short film. My aim is to show the true everyday life of a student without fake or exaggerated narratives or Special FX.