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A beautiful film with a not-so-quite performance
Rohan mead Josh Lewis
Short films are bound by not only the constraints of a time limit, but they're burdened with telling a story that's captivating and entertaining with limited elements. Plots have to be stripped to the bare minimum, characters need to be few in number, and dialogue and scenes must tell the bulk of the story. Josh Lewis's "I Had A Heart Once" manages to do most of that in its 7 minute runtime.
With only one on screen character and a second mentioned, I Had A Heart Once delves into the mind of a young man and how he's lost his soul, how he feels as if he's drifting without a sense of direction. While the young actor, played by Rohan Mead, performs beautifully when he's not speaking, the monologue he delivers feels a bit lack lustered. Moments where you can feel the genuine emotion (or rather lack there of) from this empty shell of a man suddenly feel less impacting when he sounds as if he's just reading the script into the camera only seconds later. Nevertheless, the overall theme and mood of the film, as well as the poetic lines Mead conveys, maintain its course until the last second, and overall, it's an enticing story.
I Had A Heart Once is certainly a beautiful film, not only in its message, but as a 2- dimensional media. The cinematography and color is wonderful, as is the original soundtrack, that seem to capture the essence of the story even more so than the actual monologue. A great sense of pride is certainly apparent for the young filmmaker, as it should be for something that looks this good.
If this is any indication of the work that will follow with Lewis's no doubt subsequent releases, you can look forward to enjoyable and aesthetically pleasing works from the director. I only hope he can manage to direct more raw and genuine emotion from his future actors and actresses.
Short films are bound by not only the constraints of a time limit, but they're burdened with telling a story that's captivating and entertaining with limited elements. Plots have to be stripped to the bare minimum, characters need to be few in number, and dialogue and scenes must tell the bulk of the story. Josh Lewis's "I Had A Heart Once" manages to do most of that in its 7 minute runtime.
With only one on screen character and a second mentioned, I Had A Heart Once delves into the mind of a young man and how he's lost his soul, how he feels as if he's drifting without a sense of direction. While the young actor, played by Rohan Mead, performs beautifully when he's not speaking, the monologue he delivers feels a bit lack lustered. Moments where you can feel the genuine emotion (or rather lack there of) from this empty shell of a man suddenly feel less impacting when he sounds as if he's just reading the script into the camera only seconds later. Nevertheless, the overall theme and mood of the film, as well as the poetic lines Mead conveys, maintain its course until the last second, and overall, it's an enticing story.
I Had A Heart Once is certainly a beautiful film, not only in its message, but as a 2- dimensional media. The cinematography and color is wonderful, as is the original soundtrack, that seem to capture the essence of the story even more so than the actual monologue. A great sense of pride is certainly apparent for the young filmmaker, as it should be for something that looks this good.
If this is any indication of the work that will follow with Lewis's no doubt subsequent releases, you can look forward to enjoyable and aesthetically pleasing works from the director. I only hope he can manage to direct more raw and genuine emotion from his future actors and actresses.
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- dustinwwuu
- 26 juil. 2013
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- 1 000 $CA (estimé)
- Durée7 minutes
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