Sarah Kane's 4:48 Psychosis - Short Film (with script) (1)

[317761daniela]

YOOOOOOOOUU SUUUUUUCK!!!

[Missbeckii]

think you need to have more of an intention. who are you speaking to? yourself? someone dead? is it a suicide pitch? it feels a bit forced because your missing your intention.. . well done though xx

[kahn0930]

a mirror, the plays is true reflection of the life, human life, our life. Sad...not sad, sick...not sick, love...not love, sex...not sex, its..........empty...sometime, somewhere.....

[Foxglurves]

I am sad. Because this is actually so shit.

You are a complete failure as an actor. I don't understand what you were going for here at all. Just so, so bad.

[LukasDiSparrow84]

@Foxglurves saying this was shit is easy... explain why? can't go there? then sh up :D

[Foxglurves]

@LukasDiSparrow84 Did you even watch this? How could you think this was good? He has completely missed the point. This is NOT how clinically depressed people act. At all. What's with all the thrashing about the place? Wtf?

[00thepreyingmantis]

The danger with Sarah Kane, especially 4.48 is self indulgence. I think that's where you've gone here. It is a very difficult piece to make believable because it is so easy to overact and I think that's what you've done here.

It would be brilliant as a dramatic reading. I think you need to read the text and really listen to what it's saying. The words lead the delivery, you don't need to add anything to the text in this case. I am fat should just be 'I am fat'.

[bekcs]

What is the actor nationality? Just wondering what accent is that? :-)

[heyuitslauren]

i think the text in the black totally takes me out of what this could be.

the shot on the bed is pretty powerful.

[heyuitslauren]

i think the text in the black totally takes me out of what this could me.

the shot on the bed is pretty powerful.

[ittybittybabyforrest]

i read the text so completely differently to this interpretation, but i like this one too.

[epiksonik]

Where did my long winded reply go? fucking youtube. oh well.....

Your pathos did not match, for me, the written work. You seemed distracted and too concerned with misery as a state of being.

[epiksonik]

I read this play a few years ago and liked it very much. Sarah Kane, for me, had an angelic persona, and I don't mean the fallen variety. Her misery was/is universal. Though her solution was death, actually we shall all follow suit one way or another....

Your bravery should be respected. This is a difficult piece to translate. You paced it well and I thought your "cinematography" was adequate.

In terms of performance, I thought your pathos did not match the written work.

[beernoodle]

Hey you. Great effort for a really difficult piece. I think you may have bitten off more than you can chew perhaps. I really found it more of a poetic reading than a performance piece and I'll tell you why.......you weren't experiencing a word you said...you were hearing it....very different things.

"I'm charging toward my death!"....do you really think that when someone utters those words it is without irony? Ask yourself why? to every line, every word.

what is the pace? what are the emotions

[GirlBot]

The following three posts are part of a complete review. I had to split it up. Hope it helps

[GirlBot]

I think you're too literal with the language. Although written bluntly I find this attempt difficult to watch if I'm honest. You've taken on a HUGE task by doing this and I don't feel it's given the script justice.

[GirlBot]

I've seen the piece on stage many times, I've even directed it...You are too static and cause the audience 'me' to feel rather frustrated with you. I'm not sure who you're talking to 'the camera' clearly, but who is your audience? You also need to remember the fundamental flaw here - you are attempting to perform words written by a deeply emotional woman who is cryptically attempting to tell someone or something her inner most thoughts.

[GirlBot]

Self Harm is a very difficult thing to talk about, even to professionals (which is also touched upon in the full script) Kane is angry, shes sad, shes hurt, shes depressed, shes finally allowing herself to say/feel/write her truth, and she feels completely alone with her inner monologue; I dont feel youve taken any of this into account.

[uniquemagz]

wait, you have a go at me calling me a british whore when wasn't Sarah Kane english.

AND

Why act for an honest opinion if you can't take it?

[afterdinnermint2]

Why are you all gettign so angry at each other, its only the interenet, no one achieves anyhting here.

I'd just like to reiterate taht teh accent is hard to follow, i did lose interest becasue of it. And his actions seem quite random. YOu should look into the cahracter much more. Would a depressive be so mobile? just a little question, try adn really justify everything. Good start and interesting take, just need to go that one step further

[uniquemagz]

@afterdinnermint2 See, you just managed to put my thoughts down and portray them MUCH better then I did, I'm only angry because yano, Sarah Kane's work is all genius and I genuinely think this is all wrong in context with the words and because he asked for our opinions I give it and then get called a whore. ¬¬

[Vampirez0Shadow]

Why to look to the camara?...

[pottubb1]

Your interpretation is far far to literal but this is a post-dramatic text it is not a standard monologue and i think you have misunderstood the text and its purpose.

I'm an english drama student and i love Sarah Kane, but this is just a half hearted attempt at a monologue from the text that doesnt even realy exist!

[oneglasstoomany]

not my cup of tea....but good on you for making it! And I would delete some of the silly comments people have left, its demeaning and not deserved by anyone. Good luck with future projects.

[docufilms]

I don't like the French accent it's distracting ... I would have chosen another actor ... not because he is bad, but because it's not believable . I really think the French accent was a bit out of place....

Good luck to you

[tolis287]

Is there a scientific fact or research that most people kill themselves at 4:48?

As for the short film I would prefer a voice off narration.

[Clarkeyboy91]

@tolis287 When Sarah was going through the worst stages of her depression, she kept waking up at 4.48 every morning. She thought it wasn't just coincidence and that it was some sacred time.

[juicyjon611]

not too great- one deffo sense of creative irony you should have included is making the film just that 27 seconds longer to last 4.48. May seem obvious, but effective and shows consideration

[maighahhxx]

mmm ... don't over act!

u have to find your own feelings and use them to feel as the script says!

[Athena25ful]

its not bad

 firstly you should be calm..

you discover the things that make you sad..

Its not necessary to do so big movements.

good luck to everything!!!

break a leg:P

[luxlondon]

you're ugly

you're a whore

you're stupid

your comment do not makes any sense

you should be raped on a streets

your kids should get fucked

and you should kill yourself before 4:48 do a world a fave and kill yourself NOW!

You Ugly British shit...

Cunt!

[luxlondon]

that was to

uniquemagz whore

[dinosaursmakemehorny]

get over yourself.

[uniquemagz]

@dinosaursmakemehorny

how bout no. :D

[babyboyuk2s]

lol looks like nobody likes you...... why don't u just get over yourself... you need some hard fuck...

[uniquemagz]

@babyboyuk2s

You need Enlgihs lessons obviously, short hand typing makes you seem dumb, I really think you should grow up and stay out of the arguement I WAS having the person that put this video up, but unless someone says something worth looking at, then there's no way I'm coming back onto this terrible piece of drama to give it more views then it deserves.

[uniquemagz]

@babyboyuk2s English*

[babyboyuk2s]

exactly!

[brichand]

I think that your performance was actually really good :) I just think that u may want to enunciate ur words more just so that we can understand you through your accent. I do wanna ask though, where did u find the script for 4:48 psychosis bcuz i'm lookin for it now for my theater scenic design project and I was wonderin if it were online. I'd appreciate if you culd help. Thanks in advance.

[LukasDiSparrow84]

i dont remember where I found it but what I remember is I copied piece of script and pasted it on google and i found it... just copy the script you can see in description ---> and paste it on google... :)

and btw... thanx :)

[flossielord]

First, did you know that the playwright, Sarah Kane, who committed suicide, specifically did not want her plays to be made into films?

Second, my overall impression is that the film is a weak interpretation of an incredibly poetic, angry, funny, dark and hopeful play. The film offers one level, one note, whereas the play is very layered and musical. The film is monotone and self-indulgent, and the actor is uninteresting to listen to and difficult to understand.

Nice camera work., tho.

[xjustinjx]

my critic on this

think of low lit,

not much background,

and music in the background,

but low key,

slow but intense.

The person who wrote this hung themselves 2 days after they tried to OD, and she had just recently finished this, these where her ending words. as if this was truly played out in her head. she finished this play deliberately leaving out actors/and scenes aswell.

as for voice and all that, with the right scene, anyone is a; poor word to use but, actor.

[Naruya23]

i love this play, it is my life story. though i'm not in a hospital (yet), i can connect with this

[surfnskatedude0]

So why is it a guy? Just wondering why you didnt use a woman, as the script uses a female.

[Elektromephisto]

Not bad. Really not bad. But maybe you're still a little bit too vivid for a person close to suicide.

[lol4eva96]

heeyyy this is my new favorite video :D

Its really goowd and the text... very... understandable :P

U can act really well :P I think ur very talented to be an actor :D

But like the people above say (im sorry xD) maybe u should uhm... learn to talk a lil clearer ;)

But u kno, ur really gr8 :D and uhm... bye xP

[Nightbrightproducts]

it was ok. you really could have brought out his character more by making him more physcotic, or by making him talk to another human in the video. if he wanted to talk to the camera it should have been stationary with no camera cuts or editing...like his last words in his video. overall it wasnt bad at all, just could have reachhed outside the box. great writting though. great choice of diction.

[fernandogeorge]

Very good!

[deftikoes]

I totally agree with stephenschrum. How would it be if you say most of it in camera and keep the emotions 'under'. Just breath and think and listen to what you're saying (not how). The text will grow more universal and mysterious than personal. The person will have no 'ceiling' and more depth.

This is one of the most difficult texts I know, 'cause of the danger of selfpity. If one can do it without that, than according to me other messages can grow out of it. ;)

[LukasDiSparrow84]

so what you mean by this is that....

[deftikoes]

I thought you were pretty good too, I just meant that another beauty of the text can come out more the less an actor 'does'. Now you do a lot, and I'm curious how you will be when you do or 'make' less. I hope I'm not too vague...

[deftikoes]

still not clear?

[stephenschrum]

I thought you were pretty good. I liked the intensity of the lines, especially as you delivered them into the camera. And I agree about getting your mouth open. I understood you (but then I am familiar with the text from directing the play), but be as clear as you can. Well done.

[LukasDiSparrow84]

that is really make me believe in myself...

i mean make me feel better :)

thank u :)

[tinypuppies3]

babe l would not bullshit you you can act l really liked this video a lot :)

[birthingbabe]

I understood everything you said :0)

[jonathamO]

SIncerely, i think u have great possibilities to go to a Drama school and be an actor one day, just one problem, the way u speak, just a good advice from a friend, i think u should go to a spelling school to try to speak with ur mouth really open, what do u think about this?

[LukasDiSparrow84]

been told about that many times and i know... i just can't open them... yhhhhh

[GMPNY]

You are a fabulous editor! Great actor too.

[LukasDiSparrow84]

but did u understand every single word i said? honestly!!!!?