Keywords

Documentary films -- Production and direction, Families, Past and pending (Motion picture)

Abstract

The Past and Pending is a feature-length documentary by Samuel Eliot Torres, made as part of the requirements for earning a Master of Fine Arts in Film & Digital Media from the University of Central Florida. The film focuses on a family torn apart by a major decision to migrate to the U.S. from Puerto Rico. The protagonist, Torres, is now trying to receive closure from the events by asking the questions he could not ask as a child, but feels compelled to ask as an adult. Filming with only one person in the crew allowed for an intimacy and spontaneity that is prized by entrepreneurial digital cinema makers. Without the financial and scheduling constraints of enlisting a large crew, the film was allowed to thrive with a spontaneous and ongoing shooting schedule, controlled entirely by one person.

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Graduation Date

2011

Semester

Spring

Advisor

Finch, Randy

Degree

Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.)

College

College of Arts and Humanities

Department

Film

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0003759

URL

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0003759

Language

English

Release Date

April 2016

Length of Campus-only Access

5 years

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Subjects

Arts and Humanities -- Dissertations, Academic, Dissertations, Academic -- Arts and Humanities

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