Review of ‘My Recurring Dream’ directed by Andre Chocron

1. Start by writing a overall review of this video, discussing your personal viewpoints regarding the
video.

When watching the 'My Recurring Dream' video you can see that so much planning went into each and every transition,scene and movement was planned with care and attention to insane detail. The very video focuses on just making everything look good while maintaining a one shot video look by crafting a transition style that uses a link to each sequence as a beginning and the end for every clip. Its something I have not seen in many forms of film or anything else for that matter but if you are looking for examples, look no further.

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The tone of the video I believe was and is designed to be all about the quirky and unexplained things that appear in the video. The Director Andre Chocron I believe takes us on a journey through all of these different locations in a way that is certainly a lot different to anything else I have seen. The combination of shots that are both reversed footage and normal forward shots is something that doesnt happen without immense planning and attention to detail and it is definitely something that works very well in the overall aesthetic of the film and is definitely the bread and butter of the video.

The way the music fits the the video is probably my favorite thing about it so far. The music doesnt need to be in sync. The video tells enough story that the music almost becomes secondary in my eyes. But it also wouldn't be the same without it. The music is a great compliment to the video as it just adds to the way you feel as you watch. I personally think that the music itself is great and deserves credit as well.

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Out of all the Transitions that appear in the the video, my personal favorite has to be the TV transition in the stairwell.The way they used the older fashioned TV as the transition to a train looked great. The effect  of moving through a TV into the Train is just something that appealed to me because its a clever mechanic that to me was great for the stairwell that looked somewhat old fashioned. The TV effect, that I cant seem to pin a name on just makes the transition look better and stand out as the camera dives into the TV and then clears up to follow the women in the yellow dress. All in all its just my favorite transition because it just flows so well between shots.

So lets get to the 3 words that I would use to describe this video.
1.Precise (like hitting a bulls-eye ehh ehhh)
2. Planned
I choose Precise in conjunction with Planned. Purely because its the truth. Everything about the video screams precision and planning because of just how cleverly portrayed and filmed it is. The way the scenes and the actors are coordinated shows how much they really cared to plan and make sure that they are not out of place or a distraction from the scenes destination. Taking care over everything that is seen is the reason why I have picked these words.

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3. Inventive 

How can you say the video isn't inventive? You cant, to me everything I see has obviously has been inspired by something. But everything they are inspired from is worked with  to make it their own, from the water pouring from the painting to the static on the TV screen. Its just clean, quick and visually intriguing. Something Andre Chocron seems to be an expert at, like his other video Havoc.    

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Floor Plan

Link to My "Recurring Dream" (https://vimeo.com/95960796)