Waves
A suburban African-American family is tested by the tragic mistakes of its high-school son.
The film is built as a diptych: first the nervous system of the son, then the nervous system of the sister. We engineered the two halves to have opposing acoustic biologies — compression and release — so the audience feels the break in the body before the script confirms it.
Bass through seat springs. A voice thinned by traffic.
Exertion at close range. A shoulder compressed beyond tolerance.
Hull on water. Wind finally without threat.
Fluorescent tone. A door that will not stop opening.
The film is built from these components. Each stem below is a narrative thread — the work is in how they are woven, and where they are withheld.
The first half is mixed to compress the audience. Narrowed stereo image, rising sub-bed, transients pushed forward. The body tenses before the story discloses why.
- — Narrowed image
- — Rising sub
- — Forward transients
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