Alternative storytelling
Yan Giroux’s award-winning short uses unconventional filmmaking to show the confrontation between a young park warden and a gang of youths.
by Tom Barrance
One of the best ways to learn filmmaking is to get inspired by other filmmakers, and to try out new filmmaking approaches. This section has ideas, short movies, and information about film history and movements. >Learn about essential filmmaking techniques
Yan Giroux’s award-winning short uses unconventional filmmaking to show the confrontation between a young park warden and a gang of youths.
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