Droom

Director : iloobia 

Year : 2011


The film is shot in black and white with a very hight quality sharpness. As the film opens we can hear the non digectic sound of a needle on a record before the music has started, together with the black and white film it denotes a mysterious retro effect. The film quality is very contrasted and this too makes the images seem more potent. The camera is also quite static with it pausing over objects almost like a stills camera. This stillness imbues the film with a feeling of ambiguity. However the quality of film changes dramatically as our protagonist picks up a 16mm camera and begins to film. Suddenly we are seeing as if through her camera, we are no longer in the sleek environment of her hotel room but out in the woods, the quality of the film is jumpy (time lapse?) and fast with the sounds of an old fashioned camera supporting this. We also hear amplified and distorted unknown crackling sounds of nature. the story jumps back and forth between the two styles of film, the hotel appear to be HD and the woods something more like old fashioned home movie. This could of been achieved in the edit. As we enter the fantasy or pandora’s box we see a naked woman being painted and amplified sound of sploshing paint. curious sounds are constant throughout the film, either amplified digetic or strange strands of sound, bells, stringed instruments but nothing really allowed to flow. This uncomfortable sound works well with the story which also feels unnerving and disconnected.