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Short film

Trust Falls

2011 · 10 min

A quiet, hypnotic video essay that turns watching into a vertiginous act of faith, leaving you suspended between image and viewer.

Directed by
Jesse McLean
Overview
In the video Trust Falls, the subject stares outward, becoming another viewer. This viewer leans back, falling into a cinematic void and trusting that outside, there is another viewer waiting to catch their image.
How it feels
Eerie, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Identity, isolation, media, art
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour1
Realism4
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity8
Emotional weight5

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Details

Directed by
Jesse McLean
Runtime
10 min
Country
United States of America

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