As I am still unsure on what to do for my film project I decided to watch a bunch of Australian short films for some inspiration. A bunch of the films I watched are from the group bluetongue films, a group made up of directors such as David Michod and Nash Edgerton. Part of the reason I chose only Australian short films is because I’m currently studying Australian Cinema.

A film that caught my eye was Scruples directed by Adrian Powers, which was a finalist for the 2012 Your Film festival. The film is about an undercover cop and the terrible things he has to do within a organised crime faction to remain undetected. I enjoyed this film as it really conveyed the internal struggle this character was having. I have an interest in the genre of Australian crime films and enjoy films such as Chopper, Animal Kingdom and Snowtown. Australian crime films don’t seem to exaggerate or glamourize the crime lifestyle like Hollywood. They are more realistic and gritty.

Now the question is, would I like to make a crime film? I have to take into consideration that it may be quite difficult to do the genre justice. I did have an idea for a film starting to form where in the first scene you see the protagonist being held at gunpoint and then killed. Then the rest of the film would show how he managed to get to this point. It’s just a thought at this point and I haven’t stretched the idea out.

Over and out,

Luke