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From Problem Solving to Improvisation in Filmmaking (last edited: 2020)

Jackel Chow
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This exposition provides the insight of indeterminacy during improvisation, as well as the reflection process of how I converted my problems-solving skills to planned improvisation during the adverse filming condition of my graduation feature film production. I define Improvisation as a way to be adaptive and flexible in uncertainty, while problem-solving as a solution to overcome the obstacles faced. I started from an ambitious goal by making a feature-length hybrid film for my graduation showcase in my two years of master study. Facing problems like lack of money, insufficient network to find talents and limited time to acquire local knowledge of the working styles in the country, I met a lot of challenges. When I solved the problems one by one within this filmmaking process, I gradually realized I relied quite a lot on improvisation. It does not only apply on the set when I worked with the actors, but also on scriptwriting, crew recruiting, locations scouting, shots creation, etc. The turning point for me to change from coincidental (unplanned) improvisation (because it is needed with problem solving) to deliberate (planned) improvisation started from my second half of principal photography (or simply called production/filming) stage because more uncertainty emerged and I started to get used to such style. At the end, I made two versions of the films with different levels of improvisational practice. I will reflect my whole filmmaking process and its connection with improvisation from my film products.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsimprovisation, Film-making, creativity, indeterminacy, problem solving, Complexity, intuition, coincidence, Deliberate practise
date02/04/2020
last modified21/07/2020
statusin progress
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copyrightJackel Chow
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languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/837543/837544
connected toStockholm University of the Arts (SKH)


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