“A reducing room is a spot the place you see issues that haven’t been seen earlier than and should by no means be seen once more,” says non-fiction editor and filmmaker Maya Daisy Hawke in Proof of Self, one among two masterclass quick movies (alongside Notes on Notes) that she’s made accessible to look at on Vimeo. “It’s the place a specific amount of magic occurs and the place the reality will get buried—as a result of finally as soon as it’s been captured, it’s now not actual.”
Proof of Self is 24-minutes lengthy and partially explores Hawke’s nagging suspicion that she was “dwelling in a spy novel” whereas enhancing the 2022 doc Navalny, which gained Finest Documentary Function on the Academy Awards this 12 months. Within the 15-minute lengthy Notes on Notes, there’s a second the place Hawke holds her Oscar and movies the intersection of Hollywood and Highland as different award winners stroll by whereas armed officers stand guard.
Instructive, insightful and modern, these masterclasses on Hawke’s filmmaking observe—from the issue of writing voiceover, to questions of ethically capturing unaware (and doubtlessly unconscious) topics, to counting on medication for being “inventive on command”—are nicely value a watch.
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