This story is about a therapist who helps his patients by hearing their stories (over the phone) and then creating a “profile” of them in his head. This allows him to live through a prediction of their experiences to best help treat them. However, the Therapist neglects their own needs and slowly the profile he makes of others take over his mind as he inherits their trauma.
I wanted to have different “characters.” But I was only filming myself. Having me embody different characters and having people voice them allowed for a self contained story within 1-2 locations. To show the fact that the Therapist is losing sight of himself throughout the piece, I never gave him a name. It just says Therapist repeatedly in the script.
My most in depth and best executed video production to date
Researched and executed 3-point lighting
Effects/Techniques Used
Tested Multiple Lighting Setups
Match Cuts
Shot / Reverse Shot of the protagonist talking to the phone
Audio Waveform Effect
Alpha Matte Empathy Logo
Motion Tracked Text
Selective Colour
Sound FX Panning
Low Pass Audio Filters
Audio Editing (Phone Vocal Quality)