Does it Matter

The music vibrates with the sound of conflict - unreconcilable extremes, the cliches of a young and fiery love, love vs hate. To visualise these ideas I have chosen for a strong visual symbolism reflecting these extremes: fire and ice, blue and red. The film begins with a warm, loving and cosy atmosphere but quickly spins out of control and becomes harsh, violent and gritty. The female character goes through a distinct metamorphosis, liberating herself from the constraints of a stifling relationship while becoming a powerful symbol of feminism while retaining a sexual power over men - our hero in particular. He observes this change, helpless and hopeless to prevent the inevitable. In a way he is a passive protagonist, which gives room for poignant and gentle moments of masculine vulnerability in the artists performance. The narrative becomes increasingly surreal as she breaks away, giving the art department a challenge to dress the set with both realistic living room props and art objects symbolising the precarious nature of the relationship and the deteriorating harmony. Our hero is addicted to her uncertain love, and is left in isolation at the end, completely alone - the victim of his own inability to understand the relationship. The pace in the editing is progressive, underlining the sexual undertone of the scenes and enhancing the beat of the track. The cinematography is supportive of the notion of extremes, varying between high frame rate slow motion takes to cinematic push-ins and pull-outs and high shutter speed handheld takes.