Telling Lies

Telling Lies is a short experimental film (by Simon Ellis)  which follows Several of Phil's phone calls following a night out the previous day. This film shows Phil and the other characters as lying to each other. The film doesn't actually feature any footage of the characters and just includes the texts of what the characters actually mean which is contrasted with the voice overs of what they are actually saying. The lack of any footage means the audience fully focus on the text's in which are being presented to them. This may have been used to make sure the audience weren't distracted by what was happening on screen and would notice better the lies in which were being told. I found Ellis's approach very interesting as it shows what cannot usually be portrayed through the traditional film making techniques.

The quote "Some film-makers set out to create films that challenge orthodox notions of what a movie can show and how it can show it' best describes Ellis approach to this film. I believe this as he doesn't follow traditional film making techniques, in terms of not using any live footage, but still manages to capture the attention of an audience.

Bordwell, D/ Thompson, K (2012) Film Art: An Introduction (10th Edition), McGraw-Hill Higher Education: New York