From the course: Filmmaking Forum: Scene Analysis
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A conversation with filmmaker Abigail Honor
From the course: Filmmaking Forum: Scene Analysis
A conversation with filmmaker Abigail Honor
- Okay Abby, so this is, I would definitely say a very very powerful spot, and unique. Not anything that you normally see for this type of message. I would love for you to tell us a little bit more about how you arrived at this ultimate vision. - Well, the agency came to us with a few ideas and we worked together to kind of hone this one down. The Department of Health is wonderful with the kind of commercials that they put out there. They make sure that they're approachable, yet they have this menacing, harsh reality to them. There have been a few in the series before we made this one, so they had the bar set very high, but we did know the kind of look and feel. So I wanted to push it a little bit darker, a little bit bleaker, especially in terms of the lighting and the quiet dolly moving which really focuses you in on the moment, because putting myself in the position of somebody who is dying of lung cancer or a similar disease brought on by smoking, it just must be such a lonely…
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