How the Dogme 95 Collective have inspired my work

Filming in the style of Dogme 
After doing research into Dogme 95  Collective I was inspired, shoot my fashion film in a similar style. Firstly I filmed my fashion film in completely natural light. one of the strict rules that the dogme collective follow when producing their films is to never use artificial light when filming. This was challenging, especially in terms of continuity  as the light is constantly changing, but I can see why the Dogme Collective do this as it makes the film more realistic looking. Secondly I filmed on location rather than in a studio, as this another rule that you must follow in filming. This worked really well for my fashion film as the natural setting made my film feel all the more magaical. I chose to film completely hand held, this is something that the dogme collective do in all there films. It can make the shots slightly shaky. But I found when watching their films such as 'Dancer In The Dark' it gives it more of a 'documentary style', feel to it and makes the viewer feel as if they are in the scene themselves. Another important rule that must be followed when making a film in the style of Dogme is to never use props, and if props are required for the benefit of the storyline then they must be found in location. Thats why when my model changes outfit throughout the film all her pieces of clothing were found in different parts of the woods. This again worked really well for my film, as it made it feel really magaical that the clothing was just appearing out of know where in different parts of the woods. I think this will captivate my audeince as they will be really intrigued as to where the clothes are appearing from.
Breaking the rules
Although I want to film in the style of the Dogme 95 Collective, they do have a few rules post production that I will not be following. They have a rule that no form of Special Effects can be used on the footage after filming as they believe that it takes the audeince attention away from the film its self and the storyline. I feel as if the Dogme Collective is quite old fashioned in this way. I felt that it was essential for my film, to bring it up to date. I also was really keen to use a transition from black and white to colour to show how fashion has brought my character to life .Furthermore the use of special effects really adds to mystic and the fantasy themes of my film and helps suspend the audeince in disbelief. The rules have been broken and adapted many times during the production of Dogme style films in fact Vinterberg confessed that when he filmed his first film, Festen be both brought a prop on set and used special lighting, by covering a window during the shooting of one scene.