In 1995 Directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg started Dogme 95 and the Vow of Chastity as an avant-grade filmmaking movement. They were later joined by other directors but the movement needed in 2005, but that has not stopped filmmakers to continue the vow of chastity. The vow of chastity consist of several steps:
- Filming must be done on location. Props and sets must not be brought in
- The sound must never be produced apart from the images or vice verse
- The camera must be a hand-held camera
- The film must be I color. Special lighting is not acceptable
- Optical work and filter are forbidden
- The film must not contain superficial action
- Temporal and geographical alienation are forbidden
- Genre movies are not acceptable
- The final picture must be transferred to the academy 35 mm film, with an aspect ration of 4:3, that is, not widescreen
- The director must not be credited
I find this to be a very odd style. Although I think that it would be challenging and a lot of fun to try this out on a future project.
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