Chock – en falsk dokumentär om klottring
Posted by Arman on May 3, 2007
Chock is a short, false documentary about graffiti, made by myself as well as two classmates in Media-knowledge class in April 2007. It is entirely in Swedish, so you are hereby warned. The script was written primarily by me during a couple of lessons, although my classmates helped as well. I play the part of the graffiti “artist” who is tricked by the TV-reporter.
It is by and large a parody of a Swedish TV-program called Insider, where always seemingly unprepared anchor Robert Aschberg leads the fight against crime. The program depends almost entirely on the use of a hidden camera. Although it’s not actually Aschberg doing the filming. Or the fighting.
The short film can be seen in its entirety below.
Chock – en falsk dokumentär om klottring
S. W. som Robert Askberg
Maja Svartåker som Gerhald von Essen
Arman Borghem som “Erik”
Manus – Arman Borghem & Maja Svartåker & S. W.
Regi – Arman Borghem, Maja Svartåker, S. W.
Klippning – Arman Borghem
Kamera – Maja Svartåker, S. W.
Grafik/Logotyper – S. W.
Musik: FreePlay Music – International Current, N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton, Fort Minor – Cigarettes
Ett projekt i Mediekunskap på Spyken i Lund Vårterminen 2007
A scene which unfortunately had to be cut from the script because of lack of time was a scene where “Erik” goes into a store where he is supposed to buy a spray can. The reporter then suggests he should steal it instead. “Erik” then protests, holding a small speech about how theft damages the economy and so on. Here the image freezes, just like it does at a similar occasion before in the video. Askberg notes in a voice over how “Erik” immediately agrees to steal the spray can, but then we see a clip of the reporter (!) grabbing it and running out of the store without paying.
It was supposed to poke fun at how the reporters are forced to create a criminal situation whereas the victim in reality was quite harmless. Because the scene wasn’t included, this isn’t as obvious as it could have been. Nevertheless, I am quite happy with how it all turned out, considering we didn’t have a lot of time.
Regarding the acting: I pretty much suck at it. The only person who I think really played the part well is the guy who played Robert Askberg. He did an excellent job (although this is even more clear if you have watched Insider before).
