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Absoulte Silence-short film about being suffocated by school
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Absoulte Silence-short film about being suffocated by school

Update: Completely forgot, hope you have a subwoofer, if not then turn up the bass or you can't really heard the sound track. Imagine the sound is the heartbeat of the girl at different stages during the film.
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It's not an Oscar winning work, but thought many of you might share the sentiment. Check it out, and feel free to comment, here or on youtube, where the film is uploaded. Full explanation of the film is also available on youtube.

"Absolute Silence" from the quote:

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death. --by Rousseau

As explained by my friend who gave me the name of the film, "Rousseau is the philosopher whose writings influenced the French Revolution - since this is a revolution of sorts, I thought that might be kinda nice, if a bit obscure"

The framing story is about an angry girl hating the school system, a system that stresses certain aspects of life if one wants to succeed in it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWsmMRgxfOM
11-05-2009 06:29 AM
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Wow... that was pretty deep, 5 stars from me Smile

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11-05-2009 08:34 AM
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Re: Absoulte Silence-short film about being suffocated by school

A little artsy for my taste, but well done. Ratings were disabled but I would have given it 5 too.

I think Buenaventura Durruti is a pretty cool guy. eh kills fascists and doesnt afraid of ruins.
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11-05-2009 09:00 AM
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It was....alright. Not bad, just not very deep, either. The connection between the plastic over the girl's face and shutting down of emotions due to the grade she had received took me a while to comprehend....it was just odd imagery at first. Was still a good message, though.
11-05-2009 09:57 AM
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Re: Absoulte Silence-short film about being suffocated by school

That was very deep, IMO. Pretty good.

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Re: Absoulte Silence-short film about being suffocated by school

Great film, I loved the message. The scene with everybody walking out is something I'd love to see happen in real life.

"That grade given on a piece of paper is not who you are..."
Yes! Now if only more people understood that!
11-08-2009 11:41 AM
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That was deep. Very well made. 5 stars from me!
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Re: Absoulte Silence-short film about being suffocated by school

Wow, I missed this. An anti-school short film! Nice! Biggrin

Did you work on this, talsyott? How'd it come about?
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