PARIS, JE T'JAIME

This film is about Paris, the city of love. The film is directed by twenty filmmaker each with their own styles and genre in differnet parts of the city. Each director is given about five minutes to tell a story of the different types of love. I found the film intresting in by how the narrative was put together even though they are different short films. I researched further into how the film was made and they were put together by transitional interstitial sequences, and the introduction and epilogue sequences of the film. "Each transition will begin with the last shot of the previous film and will end with the first shot of the following film, and will have a threefold function: 1) The first is to extend the enchantment and the emotion of the previous segment, 2) The second is to prepare the audience for the surprise of the next segment, and 3) The third is to provide a general, comfortable and cohesive atmosphere to the feature film." (www.imdb.com)
I think this film is superbly put together, a great bit of storytelling. It accompanied with great music score heightening the viewing pleasure. The success of this at the cannes film festival allowed writer and producer Emmanuel Benbihy to produce a new film 'New York, I Love You' based around the same idea with twelve directors such as Coen Brothers and Wes Cavern.
I was having trouble writing a script for my 6 min film but it inspired me how to tell a story in such a short space of time.