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The Flirtation from Jesse Calhoun on Vimeo.
It's neat to think how one joke can be interpreted in two completely different ways. Sort of neat, I guess.
The affinity between the two is huge. Due to limited resources, locations, so on and so on, both videos have an extremely similar look to them, because there aren't too many different ways to add variety to shots in an enclosed elevator. The theme of one character being good and one being evil is shared in the two videos. However, there is contrast between the two videos as well. The Flirtation is told as a love story, with the twist at the end that completely changes the mood of the video, while Thursday the 13th, through sound ques and other elements, feels like a horror film the entire way through.
Space was very important in both of the videos. Both stories are told in a very confined, flat space, giving a sense of closeness and unease to the situation. Outside of the elevator, the world is much more deep, for example, in the beginning of The Flirtation, where the man is walking through the hallway to the elevator.
Shape was important when dealing with the characters. In both videos, the man is a very square character, which gives off the feeling of being powerful and in control, while the female was more rounded, friendlier and inviting. It's funny how that worked out, because of the endings of both videos, the normal stigmas of character shapes is completely contradicted.
Rhythm is utilized as a story telling device, more so in The Flirtation. The entire story has a steady rhythm, back and forth between the two characters, nothing seemingly wrong. But the rhythm is interrupted towards the end with the twist ending that the man is on an elevator to hell.
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