City Of Borders R: Yun Suh Land: USA, 2009 Drehformat: MiniDV Format: HDcam, Farbe Länge: 77 Minuten mehr Informationen

„Jeder kommt aus seinem privaten Ghetto und trifft sich im Shushan.“ Dieser Satz ist mehr als bloß der Spruch eines Barbesitzers. Sa’ar Netanals Satz ist ein Statement. Seine Schwulenbar ist in Jerusalem ein Treffpunkt über alle Schranken der sexuellen Orientierung, der Ethnien und Religionen hinweg. Um zu ihr hin zu kommen, muss der strenggläubige Moslem und Palästinenser Boody nachts die von Stacheldraht gesäumte Grenze zwischen
dem Westjordanland und Jerusalem überwinden und riskiert dabei, verhaftet, wenn nicht erschossen zu werden. [aus dem Panoramaprogramm]

How would you describe the aesthetics of your film?
The look of my documentary was very important to me as the story because I was capturing a community that is considered to be ugly, nasty and beast-like by the larger society. Therefore, I took care to portray the participants as beautiful as possible to show beauty and grace in places and people who are often neglected and made invisible. I choose to shoot in 23.98 frames per second to give a more cinematic and natural look. 29.98 frames per second seems too sharp, cold and flat to me, and therefore less natural.

I describe my look as natural, observational and warm.

Why did you choose to shoot on a digital format (was it solely for financial reasons, or did aesthetics play a role)?
I've never shot in film, only digital for economic reasons as well as camera weight issues. To create an intimate relationship with my participants, I needed a small and quiet camera to appear less intimidating. The Panasonic
DVX100 allowed me to create a cinematic look similar to the look of Super 8 film.

Which format exactly did you choose (MiniDV, DVCAM, HDV, HD...), and why?
I chose minidv for economic and practical reasons. When I started shooting in June 2006, the Panasonic HVX100 that shoots in HD on P2 cards was too impractical since it recorded only about 10mins per card at the time and cost several hundred dollars per card. Since I was shooting an observational documentary in the Palestinian Territories where I don't always have easy access to electricity, constantly downloading the P2 cards on a hard drive would if been very impractical. But since the technology has improved tremendously, I would now definitely shoot on HD tapeless.

What was special about shooting digital (e.g. compared to 35mm, was it your first time with dv or are you used to it ..)?
I've never shot in film or HD. But with great advances in HD cameras, I would shoot in HD next time.

Shooting digital enabled me to record as much as I needed without worrying about cost and hard drive space. Thus, I could focus more on the story and taking time to capture great shots since DV tape is so cheap.

What was your shoot-edit ratio?
about 4:1

One good word about DV / HDV / HD (or two):
DV - Affordable
HDV - Yuck, don't do it. will give you too many problems in post-production
HD - Gorgeous

One bad word about DV / HDV / HD(or two):
DV - Dull
HDV - Don't
HD - Expensive