Fly in narrative films

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lambert

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I don't know a catchier phrase but essentially a film where the filmaker flys in to a location with very limited crew, sometimes omb crew and shoots a feature narrative film. Some are better prepared than others. Examples would be the polish brothers for lovers only, Kevin baggots european films and josh cauldwell ciudad. Linklaters first super eight feature might be one also but he used a train. Anyway just thought it's an interesting trend.
 
Not sure if your after a more specific term, and also, terms can vary from location to location. With that said, it sounds like you are describing a "skeleton crew". Also, if it's a non-permitted shoot, so perhaps you are also "stealing shots".
 
I just think it's interesting and might be worthy of discussion, if not that's fine. Cavite the film shot in San Diego and Manila would another example. These films seem to be an extension of the omb narrative film. In some cases the filmaker is the star of the film. I assume we'll see many more in the future. Some will be glorified travel home movies with a tenuous narrative and some will be fascinating.
 
Absolutely guerilla filmaking for sure, but I was thinking it's more narrowly defined than just guerilla filmaking. I was about as clear mud with original post. I was hoping for thoughts on the process, experiences more than a definition. But I'll concede that it may not warrant any further discussion.
 
A style that is often associated with a bare-bones approach is "Social Realism". It's not exclusively associated with guerrilla filmmaking, but often, when one is stealing shots and skeleton crews with little ability to stylize locations and shape light, one is often restricted to capturing what is already there. This is often the aesthetic of social realism.

I think of films like "Pixote" and "Kids"...although both have more production than they let-on.
 
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