Notes // YOUNG MAN FALLING by Martin de Thurah

watched this amazing movie today and it immediately gave me a million thoughts. untangled them on paper and pose them to you. // please watch the trailer at the bottom too!

---> YOUNG MAN FALLING by

subtext is content Martin

de

Thurah

--> He is taking a test.

But how does he feel

about it?

STORY is king. But

story is more than

what just happens

physically.. but what

is happening big picture.

--> He is scared of failing

at the the test.

FORM! Close-ups

shallow depth of field

shaky camera - make you feel scared.

--> He is scared visually told through form!

YOUNG MAN FALLING

by MARTIN DE THURAH

prt. 2

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Compelling-ness of story

is based not only on

content BUT also form.

-->He is taking a test.

simple, not necessarily

COMPELLING

But how important is this

thing to the character?

What is lying beneath

the surface? How can we

inform that by form?

How can we make simple

action the most compelling

moment for us through that

character. AND will it create

compelling questions in our minds?

prt.3

IF FORM SUGGESTS

undisclosed CONTENT

the audience will

have tons of questions,

they will ask TONS

of questions, that they

will NEED answered!

They will be

COMPELLED

to wait for your

answers.

They will be compelled

to wait until you

reveal the answers.

Slow disclosure

not cinematically but

story driven.

prt. 4

appropriate

use of surreal ----->

MISE en SCENE
------------------>

creating imagery

that might suggest subtext

RAISE questions,

but respect your audience

enough to answer them.

Absurd, surreal imagery

grounded in realistic

experience-able emotional

context!!

? right?