Rules of Dogma

Im feeling like speaking to myself thru a video lately...Bumped into these rules for filming - rules of dogma...heh...makes me wonder whether is it worth it to do this...but one thing that i love about talking to myself is that, knowing that, this is documented and one day in a distant future, i can look back, and say to myself, "what a dumb-ass...im better than that now..". hahaha. At least i may know that im getting better in life thru this way (in my own terms of course) but well, do you?

taken without permission from http://www.davidschweitzer.net/Lyrics/The_Dogma_Rules.htm

THE DOGMA RULES
(from 'Wag the Dogma')


way back in ‘95
a group of danish directors arrived
on the scene
they were keen
to start a new regime

the story goes that lars von trier
was sitting around drinking beer
with thomas winterberg
when he hit upon a great idea
to write down a list or rules
to limit the film-maker’s tools

it only took them twenty minutes
cos when they got to ten they finished
suddenly the world took note
and this is more-or-less what they wrote…

the film must be shot entirely on location
without costumes, props or sets
you can bring in additional lighting
or use any special effects
the camera must be held by hand
no tripods or dollies or other stands
you can’t separate picture from sound
no foley, voice-over or music allowed

there were some others on the list
but i think you get the gist
then they took an oath to follow rigidly
what they called the vow of chastity