Writing and directing the short film "Before it's gone".

This thesis details the conception, production, and analysis of my thesis film "Before It's Gone." Following an amnesiac as he investigates a lead to his lost past, the film is seated in questions of time, memory, and grief, and dramatizes the ways in which the past forms the foundation of our present. Such questions are also examined through the various philosophical (Henri Bergson, Gilles Deleuze), literary (Marcel Proust, Patrick Modiano), and filmic (Orson Welles, Alain Resnais) influences that informed the film. As an academic turned filmmaker, this thesis also chronicles my first forays into filmmaking, as well as the lessons learned throughout the production of "Before It's Gone."

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Grantor

Baylor University.

Year dc:date.issued

2023

Author dc:creator

• Amick, Luke, 1996-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Hansen, Christopher J.

• Film.
• Memory.
• Modiano, Patrick.
• Film noir.
• Time.
• Henri Bergson.
• Giles Deleuze.
• Marcel Proust.
• Alain Resnais.

Statement dc:rights

• Baylor University works are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. Contact libraryquestions@baylor.edu for inquiries about permission.

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/2104/12736

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:baylor-ir.tdl.org:2104/12736