Short film

Primal Matter

2012 · 17 min

A stark, hypnotic body-and-object experiment that rewards close watching with strange, tactile images.

Directed by: Dimitris Papaioannou
Starring: Dimitris Papaioannou, Michalis Theophanous

Overview: A piece that tries to keep the imagination in the highest possible state of alert using a minimum of materials, all found to hand inside the creator's workshop space. An adventure of the body and mind in more raw and stripped-back form.

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Directed by: Dimitris Papaioannou
Starring: Dimitris Papaioannou, Michalis Theophanous

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: art
identity
isolation
obsession
Places: workplace
Era: timeless
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	5
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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