Waking Life

Waking Life excerpt. Lucid dreams are weird, I trained myself to do it for a project a few years ago and managed once, but the dreams seemed to get drker and darker to draw me back from consciousness.

Synapse

I have been doing some research for my film. I have been trying to find films that reach the certain atmosphere and look that I wish to create. This film explores the moment between 'cause and effect' and upon it's release won an award for best student film. Shot on 16mm I think a certain 'look' is guaranteed, but for me I most appreciate the clever editing, the way the film draws you in then cuts you off and the balance between psuedo-science and memories.

In my film I do want to address the 'science of sleep' but I want to create a more human aspect than the vagueness of many experimental films. In 'Synapse' I think this mix is achieved very well and is something I can only aspire to. I think that this is mostly managed by use of unexpected techniques rather than the cliche, and the stepping off the cupboards makes me think of Gondry's 'Eternal Sunshine'. The mix between surrealism and realism can be emphasised through clever editing techniques, of which also adds to the atmosphere created.