Together alone
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Together alone |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2008 |
| length | 19 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Philipp Käßbohrer |
| script | Philipp Käßbohrer |
| production | Mark Klotz |
| music | Konstantin Gropper |
| camera | Mark Klotz |
| cut | Matthias Schulz |
| occupation | |
| |
Together alone (working title: Happy Slapping ) is a German short film from 2008 . It deals with the problem of peer pressure and happy slapping , and is shown as an educational film in German schools.
action
The four friends, Melina, Carla, Christin and Lisa skip afternoon classes at their school together. Tests of courage are common in their clique . This time it's Melina's turn, she has to happily slap an older man while her friends record the whole thing on video. It quickly becomes apparent that Melina is being bullied by Carla and Christin ; so she must z. B. Licking off Christin's shoe, which is filmed by the clique. The girls take the bus to Melina because their parents are not at home and they can be undisturbed there. As they get off the bus, Melina quickly takes Carla's cell phone and deletes the video. The girls then demand from Melina that as punishment, filmed again, she has to lick up Carla's saliva, which she does unruly. The girls go to Melina's home, where Christin and Carla force her to strip down to her underwear and film her. Meanwhile, Lisa goes to the toilet, because she doesn't want anything to do with the bullying, but she doesn't have the courage to stand up for Melina. Christin and Carla are still putting make-up on Melina and throwing potting soil at her, which eventually becomes too much, whereupon she yells at the two girls and runs into the shower. The girls, however, turn the shower on cold, leaving Melina alone. The film ends with Melina's mother returning home, who calls for her. Melina replies from the shower that “everything is fine” .
Reviews
The Wiesbaden Film Evaluation Center gave the film the rating "valuable", with particular emphasis on the educational and artistic aspect:
“As an educational film for adults, together alone is certainly effective, because it shows that youth violence is possible even in an idyllic, summery small town among quite harmless and neat looking young women. With the good camera work, the sustained mood of a poisoned idyll and the skillful dramaturgy, the scenic short film, which was created as part of a project for violence prevention, has an aesthetic added value that justifies the award of a rating. "
background
The Biberach market square was specially cordoned off for the opening scene of the film. The first camera shot was shot using a crane truck. The film was financed almost exclusively through grants from MFG Filmförderung , the Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg u. a.
The idea for the film came from an incident similar to the one described in the film, which was eventually reported .
The filming location for Melina's home was the home of the director, Philipp Käßbohrer, in Biberach an der Riss .
Web links
- Together Alone in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Together alone at crew united
- Film homepage
- Film overview + sponsors (PDF file; 109 kB)
- Post-production article for the film
Remarks
- ↑ Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
