Much more acceptable to express things surreally in short film
The Swimmer (2012) - Lynne Ramsay
Metaphor can be explored more freely, less need to draw out ideas
Can be more about the aesthetic than narrative, don't restrict yourself
Possibly about escapism - dialogue about moving freely, swimming in countryside water, water allowing all direction of movement, sport being cathartic, Lord of the Flies references, losing yourself in rides (although the swimmers detachment from them could show his inability to lose himself, be free, as he goes through many options without sticking to one)
'The film aims to give a real feel for the diversity of landscape and people of Britain' - BBC
CONNECT
Title cards like tube map
Bigger overall message - what we think on the tube (killing the woman to get her seat), what we want to do (reach out to the man), being together (dance at the end) happily not awkwardly
Wasp (2003) - Andrea Arnold
Dependent on the spectator
La Jetee (1962)
The more you watch it the more you forget the stills and create movement for yourself, still suspends disbelief
Looks very, very French
Didn't expect science fiction
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