As You Know, You Can't Imagine

The cardinal concept behind the short concerns the human’s faculties of imagination and knowledge: to what extent is it correct to say that the ingestion of knowledge – i.e., the process of collecting information and data – prompts a limitation of our imaginative potential – as in openness to possibilities?

  • Raffaele Trasatti
    Director
  • Raffaele Trasatti
    Producer
  • Raffaele Trasatti
    Screenplay
  • Jinxin Hua
    Director of Photography
  • Raffaele Trasatti
    Lighting
  • Armani Ali
    Sound Recordist
  • Armani Ali
    Editor
  • Jinxin Hua
    Colourist
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Documentary, Thriller
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 56 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 13, 2024
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, Panasonic G80
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Newcastle University
Director Biography - Raffaele Trasatti

Raffaele Trasatti was born in the middle of Italy.
From a very young age, he discovered his love for films, being into all kinds of masterpieces but particularly loving the work of Cinema legends such as Kubrick, Hitchcock, De Sica, and Tarantino. Growing up, his interest focused on the process that set the film in motion, all the backstage elements that allow the production of the final work.

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Director Statement

The film aims to explore the binomial knowledge - imagination, with a special focus on how the former may be interpreted as a restrain for the workflow of the latter. The picture relies on a collection of academic works concerning experimental filmmaking and the documentary avant-garde, which have helped conceive the original idea and develop its style and structure.