Katjana Mande Grgicevich

Focus - Poetic Film

Bachelor of Design Moving Image Typography Health and wellbeing Well-being
AD22 Award
Staples Rentals/ AUT Loan Central Graduate Film Award 2022
For best short live action film by a graduating Art and Design student

This research project is a short poetic film asking the question “what are the benefits of gratitude and how can it be portrayed through poetic film.” The main 3 phases explored are pre-production, production and post-production. This is how the planning, experimentation, processes and final product was developed. The methodology adopted was a heuristic technique. The outcome of this project was a poetic film highlighting the importance of gratitude, slowing down and embracing the present moment. This was emphasised and portrayed through audio, kinetic type, music and visual language.

Project title – Take a breath ‘FOCUS’

Subtitle - “the power of being present, using poetic film to discuss gratitude”

My research question – What are the benefits of gratitude and how can it be portrayed through poetic film?

This research project is a short poetic film asking the question “what are the benefits of gratitude and how can it be portrayed through poetic film.” The main 3 phases explored are pre-production, production and post-production. This is how the planning, experimentation, processes and final product was developed. The methodology adopted was a heuristic technique. The outcome of this project was a poetic film highlighting the importance of gratitude, slowing down and embracing the present moment. This was emphasised and portrayed through audio, kinetic type, music and visual language.