I think that what made my film most engaging was the consistent changes in subject matter, which was intended to create a sense of confusion. When my film was screening to an audience, I head someone say “what is happening?” which may have been disheartening in other circumstances but it was definitely the intended effect of my short film. By splitting my film into three parts: conversations, miscellanious shots, the train station shots and jumping between these scenes to create a disjointed visual representation of the feeling of dreaminess, confusion and discomfort. I think that it encourages the audience to put the pieces together and try to figure out what happened between the two main characters. I think that my film does make the audience uncomfortable, through an non-linear editing style, jumping between seemingly unrelated shots. However, I’m not sure if this is because of my intentions or if it’s because I experimented so much with the entire editing process.  

 In the future, I would like to work more on audio, both in production and post-production to encapsulate the desired mood and level of discomfort. This would include choosing more suitable music and working on the overall soundscape of the film. In terms of making a feature film, I don’t think I would be able to recreate what I did in my short film. It wouldn’t work in a feature film format, as I think it would get repetitive and the audience would not be as engaged with the story. I think that I would like to work on building a more clear narrative as a foundation and to use subversive acting techniques to exemplify discomfort between characters. I think this would bring another level of technicality to a film.