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.
Notes
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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
STARS Citation
Torres, Samuel Eliot, "The Past And Pending Using Cinema As A Dialogue To Break Down Walls In Communication" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1981.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/1981