The Bottle Collector (2018)

Original photo used in the poster by Marko Rautavesi . The Bottle Collector (2018) (English subtitles) [Suomeksi] The short film Bottle Collector (2018) began as a final project for the Voionmaa Institute's Film and TV Department. I was responsible for the screenplay, editing and direction. The text on which the film is based was created during the early winter. Valtteri Kokko , one of our teachers, helped the students to polish their unfinished screenplays. He suggested leaving out the exposition from my text, i.e. the sequence that was included in the first draft, which explained how and why the gang members originally ended up making their videos. Without the backstory being bluntly spelled out, now we get straight to the point, and, through a narrative ellipsis, the viewer will figure out what it is all about. Hopefully. We started shooting the film in April. The short was filmed in the Hiedanranta area of Tampere's Lielahti district. Lielahti Pulp ...