3. Simultaneous Contrast
still 1 ‘The Frenchman’
still 2 ‘Little girl’
still 3 ‘Slikaj ga profesore’(05’01’’) EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY / 2010
From Self-initiated Projects
The tripartite structure of the film is based on the one of classical music ‘gipsy’ compositions: Improvisation – Sorrow – Euphoria.
Improvisation - the way they improvise to earn a living in the ‘real’ world.
Sorrow - is where we get closer to them as individuals, at times aware of their own misery.
Euphoria - the moment when they stop thinking and let go into an overwhelming intense state.
Simultaneous contrast is an art phenomenon of deceiving perception when a matter (bright yellow happiness) exposed to a neutral background (the gray gypsy micro-cosmos of the flee market) becomes in our eyes its very opposite (violet sadness).
The film is like a painting – it occupies our attention, thoughts or feelings but still it is perceived from a distance.
Credits
Camera / Relja Ilić
Editing / Jelena Marković
Colour Post-production / Filip Orlandić
Producer / Svetlana Stojanović
Concept & Direction / Sandra Đukić
Location / Belgrade, Serbia
Film Screenings
Parobrod Cultural Centre, Serbia
Lucania Film Fest, Italy
Duka Film Fest, Bosnia & Hercegovina
Outbox Film Fest, Lebanon
Making Tracks at Richmix, UK
Whirlygig Cinema at Hackney Picturehouse, UK
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