On the first session held on the 31st evening, situations are diverse. The team composed of Denes, Leo and Ani seems quite confident and is following its initial idea of making a series of very short portraits of kids met in the different cities we journey too. “We are the most organised group”, as Ani (from Bulgaria) puts it with a mix of price and self-irony.
In another team, the one led by Jochem and composed of Marton and Guillaume, there seems to be an unspoken conflict. Whereas Jochem is pretty sure of sticking to his plan of collecting live music on the street and on the train, and putting it together in a sort of collage, Marton is not so sure that cutting a song in its middle and jumping to the next one will actually work. He'd prefer maybe less musicians portrayed, but whose songs would be given in extenso. As for Guillaume, he probably would like to establish a stronger contact with the people filmed than just asking them to play music.
The last group is facing another challenge, the quite common one of still looking for the core of its subject. Andrei's first idea came out of the reading of one article published in Pravda stating that McDonald's most flourishing business was to be found in Russia. The team, composed of Florian and Georgi, met difficulties in talking with the right person, especially food experts and fast food restaurants managers. That's why they just decided to insert a strong element of fiction into their documentary. Or even to twist completely the original format, by pretending that the all film they shoot is a sort of video report that an employee (played by Florian) hands to the German fast food company he's working for! The idea is to explore whether Russia is a favourable market to invest or not. No doubt that the approach is quite far from Medvedkin's films of the 30's, but the challenge is present! Let's see how it develops...
In another team, the one led by Jochem and composed of Marton and Guillaume, there seems to be an unspoken conflict. Whereas Jochem is pretty sure of sticking to his plan of collecting live music on the street and on the train, and putting it together in a sort of collage, Marton is not so sure that cutting a song in its middle and jumping to the next one will actually work. He'd prefer maybe less musicians portrayed, but whose songs would be given in extenso. As for Guillaume, he probably would like to establish a stronger contact with the people filmed than just asking them to play music.
The last group is facing another challenge, the quite common one of still looking for the core of its subject. Andrei's first idea came out of the reading of one article published in Pravda stating that McDonald's most flourishing business was to be found in Russia. The team, composed of Florian and Georgi, met difficulties in talking with the right person, especially food experts and fast food restaurants managers. That's why they just decided to insert a strong element of fiction into their documentary. Or even to twist completely the original format, by pretending that the all film they shoot is a sort of video report that an employee (played by Florian) hands to the German fast food company he's working for! The idea is to explore whether Russia is a favourable market to invest or not. No doubt that the approach is quite far from Medvedkin's films of the 30's, but the challenge is present! Let's see how it develops...
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