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Self Made

2010

Completed

Foundation

Gillian Wearing

 

Production support

 

Film Details

Runtime: 85 minutes

 

Doc Society Involvement

Docsoc helped with Production

 

Self Made is Turner Prize-winner Gillian Wearing’s debut feature. If you were to play a part in a film, would you be yourself or a fictional character?

Hundreds of people responded to this advert when it was placed in local and national newspapers, online and in job centres around London and Newcastle. Seven people were selected to appear in Self Made, where they attend a Method Acting workshop to explore their fantasy selves.

The workshops are led by experienced drama teacher Sam Rumbelow and form the core of the film. As the film progresses, the participants use real life experiences to bring their characters to life, and ultimately star in their own mini-film. Revelation is key to the process, as is creating an environment that allows the unexpected to happen.

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Reviews

Wearing's cast of non-professionals is engaging and charismatic.

Documentary segues into drama, and the film is a lucid précis of a project of great emotional intensity.

A genuinely moving and interesting documentary intelligently realised.

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