The Divide/The Film

I got asked by my friend Chris to help him out with his college work. He asked if I could make a video for a piece of music he's making, being an aspiring film maker this was a curious offer and one I had to take. When he sent me the piece of music I quickly tried to evolve out an idea and then took upon the task of trying to shoot is as I imagined it.

For the second part of the video I needed a desolate, eerie, quiet area. Struggled to think of an area in Centro like this until I thought closer to home (literally), where there is a huge ruined field situated the middle of a rather intimidating square of houses. As the film all coming together, the realisation of the rich/poor divide proved even more contrasting. This area is around a two minute walk from the house I stay in, when I had to think about where to find a desolate area I only had to look just outside the house. I could have traveled a few miles closer to Centro and found no suitable locations no matter how long I searched.

This is a clear example showing how all the money is pumped into the centre. Although, even in the centre you will find glorious and grand looking buildings, but, with stray dogs running outside the gates and a homeless man making his cardboard home for the night. You will only have to look around the corner and find much less glorious looking building that look as if it's hiding out of embarrassment compared to the great spectacle of a house that is stealing everyone's attention. The divide in this city is far greater than any other city I have seen. I often think Santiago is too big for it's own good.



It was good to get out filming again, needed some practice! Got another film project in the pipelines right now so hopefully I can produce another short film soon.

You can watch the film below.