DATE CREATED: filmed ~10/2006, edited ~12/2006
SOFTWARE: Final Cut Pro

BACKGROUND:
This documentary was made for a Documentary Production class I took during my last year of film school at BYU. I was partnered with a classmate and we worked with a concept I had, which was originally a documentary about R-rated movies and the Mormon film students at BYU, specifically how they justified watching them or not, and how that influenced their future careers in film.

Unfortunately, the topic was too vague and too controversial to pull off in the time limit we had. Faculty members refused to give interviews. We lacked direction. We sat down many, many times to re-hash the concept, and eventually it turned into a story about the downfall of Clean Flicks, a company that was shut down by Hollywood executives for editing movies for content and making profit.

Daniel, the star of the doc, was a SUPER nice guy. I love Clean Flicks, though I understand the controversy behind it, because I've been able to see a lot of great movies without the trashy scenes. After interviewing Daniel, though, I felt I had to be honest with the material he gave us. Decide what I mean by this as you watch the film.

CRITIQUE:
It's kind of a slower doc, but it's pure. By that, I refer to some of my older cuts, which perhaps were much more entertaining and upbeat, but exaggerated things so as to distort and manipulate the emotions of the viewer, making Daniel look dumber than he is (e.g. I used the "Superman" theme song at the end to add a strong sense of satirical irony in Daniel's closing remarks).

The camera work isn't as clean as I'd like, but I'm not too hard on myself since this wasn't an advanced course.

ADDITIONAL NOTES:
-We had interviewed about ten other people, each for about 40 minutes, before getting to Daniel. We obviously ended up cutting ALL of them out in order to focus on this one aspect.

-Pretty sure that Clean Flicks found a loophole in the court order and got back in business.