UP

2 minute film, start with a reaction, end with an action - must be a "chain reaction".

I definitely see the parallels between the reading "Lightness" and the idea of "up" for this film. My favorite quote from that reading that I'd like to keep in mind for all my films, but particularly this one, is:

"Wherever humanity seems condemned to heaviness, I think I should fly like Perseus into a different space... not escaping, I mean I have to change my approach, look at the world from a different perspective, with different logic and fresh methods of cognition and verification."

I want to depict someone coming to the realization that things in their life needs to change, and watch as their view changes from one perspective to another, and why.
Here are a few scene shots that I've come up with:

-To begin, the reaction is just going to be the moment of recognition in someone's eyes. Kind of a falling back, a slow blink, with a close-up on just their eyes, no mouth.
-The road flying by from underneath a person, looking up at the horizon, back down at the road
- Someone riding down a hill on a bicycle, arms out, flying
- Releasing balloons
- Climbing a tree, looking down at the world from that perspective
- Lying down, back on the ground, looking at the world from that perspective
- Smoke billowing up

I want a key part of this film to be audio. I'm going to record my own music, using a djembe, didgeridoo, guitar and bass, and my own voice.