Why Shadows? Thoughts from the instigator.

Why shadows?

"Where there is much light, the shadow is deep” - Goethe.

Film captures the energy of flowing time as photons alter the chemical structure of silver nitrate on celluloid. Our eyeballs capture the energy of flowing time as photons alter the chemical structure of proteins, causing a polarization in a retinal cell, causing a signal to be sent to the brain. Both processes translate information about time and light.

And what else is a shadow but translated information? Images of the essences of things doing a fourth-dimension dance across The Cave's wall? Shadows are superheroes with dark sides. They are radio shows broadcast invisibly to families huddled in front of a post-war cabinet of technology. Shadows are places to skulk in. They are places to run from. They are places to avoid the awesome energy of the sun. They are puppets on a wall telling an ancient story of beginnings. They are flash-frozen images of atomic agony on a brick wall.

The shadow is the source of the voice you consult before making every decision. It is also sometimes the voice that torments you late at night when there is no light and the shadow has retreated deep inside, behind your peepholes.

Shadows are paired with reflections - and without reflecting light we wouldn't be able to make films anyway.

That's why. Write some good scripts yo.Why shadows?

“Where there is much light, the shadow is deep” - Goethe.

Film captures the energy of flowing time as photons alter the chemical structure of silver nitrate on celluloid. Our eyeballs capture the energy of flowing time as photons alter the chemical structure of proteins, causing a polarization in a retinal cell, causing a signal to be sent to the brain. Both processes translate information about time and light.

And what else is a shadow but translated information? Images of the essences of things doing a fourth-dimension dance across The Cave's wall? Shadows are superheroes with dark sides. They are radio shows broadcast invisibly to families huddled in front of a post-war cabinet of technology. Shadows are places to skulk in. They are places to run from. They are places to avoid the awesome energy of the sun. They are puppets on a wall telling an ancient story of beginnings. They are flash-frozen images of atomic agony on a brick wall.

The shadow is the source of the voice you consult before making every decision. It is also sometimes the voice that torments you late at night when there is no light and the shadow has retreated deep inside, behind your peepholes.

Shadows are paired with reflections - and without reflecting light we wouldn't be able to make films anyway.

That's why. Write some good scripts yo.


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