Two Snails Try To Find Love In Valse
Two Snails Try to Find Love in Valse
Can two mollusks, overcome the obstacles mankind as created, to find love in the short film, Valse?
Directed, written and shot by Chris Keller, this four-minute film tells the story of two snails and their unfortunate love story. As the main characters, the two snails are featured throughout the film with only a small cameo by three human actors taking place toward the end of it. With no spoken or written dialogue, this film relies heavily on the cinematography and music to tell the snails' love story.
Valse, which was the grand prize winner at the Movie Machine Digital Cinema Festival in 2013 and the winner of the 8th FILMSshort competition, starts with an out of focus shot of the first snail's shell. …show more content…
The music, which was created by Alex Wallace and won the award for Best Original Music at the Houston Comedy Film Festival in 2014, starts off whimsical as the first snail is being introduced to the audience. Then as the two snails meet, it suddenly becomes romanticized with the sound of violins and a piano in the distance. The music gradually gets louder and the whimsical aspect is reintroduced along with the sound of higher-pitched instruments. Then as the snails become more attracted to each other, the music suddenly comes to end and a person emerges and alters the course of the snails short-lived love story.
The sudden turn of events is Keller's way of bringing us back to reality to remind us that mankind is destructive. We've been conditioned to think we can take the resources we need with no consequences. Look at how many rainforests and jungles are being destroyed for our demand of wood. How many animals get slaughtered every day for our personal needs? The snails' love represents more than the need to reproduce, it's a metaphor for mankind's selfishness. Their story makes us rethink the way we live and how we treat the living things around
Can two mollusks, overcome the obstacles mankind as created, to find love in the short film, Valse?
Directed, written and shot by Chris Keller, this four-minute film tells the story of two snails and their unfortunate love story. As the main characters, the two snails are featured throughout the film with only a small cameo by three human actors taking place toward the end of it. With no spoken or written dialogue, this film relies heavily on the cinematography and music to tell the snails' love story.
Valse, which was the grand prize winner at the Movie Machine Digital Cinema Festival in 2013 and the winner of the 8th FILMSshort competition, starts with an out of focus shot of the first snail's shell. …show more content…
The music, which was created by Alex Wallace and won the award for Best Original Music at the Houston Comedy Film Festival in 2014, starts off whimsical as the first snail is being introduced to the audience. Then as the two snails meet, it suddenly becomes romanticized with the sound of violins and a piano in the distance. The music gradually gets louder and the whimsical aspect is reintroduced along with the sound of higher-pitched instruments. Then as the snails become more attracted to each other, the music suddenly comes to end and a person emerges and alters the course of the snails short-lived love story.
The sudden turn of events is Keller's way of bringing us back to reality to remind us that mankind is destructive. We've been conditioned to think we can take the resources we need with no consequences. Look at how many rainforests and jungles are being destroyed for our demand of wood. How many animals get slaughtered every day for our personal needs? The snails' love represents more than the need to reproduce, it's a metaphor for mankind's selfishness. Their story makes us rethink the way we live and how we treat the living things around