Jorn Thelfall's 2015 short film is based on a true story about a man that fell to his death from an aeroplane as the wheels were extracted just before landing. It was made in remembrance of the man as he was immigrating over to England to meet some family for his birthday, and because of this, the tragic accident would have been easily forgotten.
It was set in a quite normal middle class area where nothing much happened, showing that for a moment, this event interrupted a normal lifestyle.
Personally, the way that the film was structured was very clever - the story went backwards so the beginning was the end and the end was what happened first. The audience viewing this would have been observing what is happening from an outside perspective rather than making any attachments towards any character. There is a lot of confusion and slight discomfort because of the slow pacing and extreme long takes whilst we focus more on working the story out.
It was set in a quite normal middle class area where nothing much happened, showing that for a moment, this event interrupted a normal lifestyle.
Personally, the way that the film was structured was very clever - the story went backwards so the beginning was the end and the end was what happened first. The audience viewing this would have been observing what is happening from an outside perspective rather than making any attachments towards any character. There is a lot of confusion and slight discomfort because of the slow pacing and extreme long takes whilst we focus more on working the story out.
Good. Do you think you might structure your work in a similar way?
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