A note to the casual reader- ‘Cause and effect’ is a short film I made during my college days. It will be of great interest to me if you read this synopsis and post the comments in the following direction- Did the piece make you want to see the film.
Cause and Effect is a comparison of two very different personalities, of two opposite perspectives. At the heart of it, a debate: Does anything matter in the larger scheme of things.
Ila and Arul are a contrast in personalities. Ila is a thinker, the philosopher, questioning Life and its meaning – or its lack thereof. Arul is his intellectual opposite – a boy seemingly bound by routine, schedule, the sameness that dictates most people’s lives. He has concerns about money, notes for a test, fear of displeasing those around him – things that Ila on the other hand does not care about. If anything, Ila seems to hold these things, and the people who hold them dear, in contempt. Do they really matter in the grander scheme of things?
This film is a combination of abstracts and fiction that bring into focus, the universal debate of Life. Does anything matter in the larger cosmic scheme of things or do little; seemingly innocuous events that often go unnoticed have the power to alter the course of one’s Life? These two questions are explored in this film through the two protagonists, Ila and Arul.
Two people, two different lives, two different views of Life with one tiny incident – a thread that connects the two – and seemingly sends both worlds in opposite directions. Is there common ground? Is one right and the other wrong? Does nothing matter in the cosmic sense at all? Do even the littlest of things make a difference?
Cause and Effect is a visual exploration of a question, yet to be answered.
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Simply Superb!
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