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Synopsis:
Isaiah has been in love with three girls in his life, but with each he's kept his feelings a secret. Years later, all he has are memories and regrets. Crushed by the news one of these girls has recently married, Isaiah launches himself on a modern day adventure to salvage his pride, and find the last of these three loves still within reach.
Director's Statement:
Beat Heart Break didn't begin as a story concept, but as a film concept. I wanted to watch multiple frames of exposed film simultaneously and within a new environment. After numerous tests, I developed a technique of projecting backgrounds onto glass while animating film strips above, thereby stacking various layers of visual elements. After a successful music video, I felt confident enough to push this method into the narrative world, and within a few weeks an old story idea of mine turned into a script.
Principle photography began and ended, then began again, and this film has been shot and edited twice over.
With film-making there are always unknowns that drastically change the look of a piece. The challenge here was working with a new set of unknowns; unpredictable and often frustrating. But the excitement of changing the film-making palette, of mixing the paint and using a new set of colors has been worth all the angst, and was always a purpose of this film. |