ABOUT

First thing first, I chose the name Missing scene for my project because this is a pun with mise-en-scene (which filled a gap in the movie), and this pun is important to me because I want to prove my storytelling skills to future companies, and plus push the boundaries of what hasn’t been done before in narrative. My motivations came from my two previous dissertations, which were on the subject of cinema; concerning the aesthetic of violence and film censorship, doing a final work based on my dissertations made this a good reason to practice my theoretical skills. In those two dissertations, a movie came often, The Shining. It is a 1980 psychological horror film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick and co-written with novelist Diane Johnson. The film is based on Stephen King's 1977 novel of the same name.
At some point in the movie, we discover that the room 237 is haunted by a woman, waiting in a bathtub. Unfortunately in the movie, we don’t know her story. Having read the script from 1977 and the book, I discovered that she was waiting for her lover for a long period. Because this scene isn’t represented in the movie and that we have no context about this woman, it’s called a ‘missing scene’. During this narrative, viewers will occupy this bathroom with this woman. I want the viewer to experiment with the feeling of claustrophobia, like Jack in the movie, plus a feeling of voyeurism. The feeling of claustrophobia will be given thanks to a Subpac: this is a backpack which allows you to feel music’s vibration. Those music’s vibrations will increase and decrease to make the viewer feel uneasy.
Through this project, I want to prove to production companies that I am a good storyteller and that I have made my proper ‘movie experience’ inspired by a famous movie.

One of my major inspiration was Stanley Kubrick, one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. He would put years of preparation and research for authenticity in his movies. He explored a surprising range of genres, from horror to science fiction. Kubrick is certainly an inspiration for me because his works are controversial for their treatment of sexual themes and violence, and it was the fundamentals of my work since the start of my BA. Moreover, he studied in the same school, London College of Communication, I studied, then I had access to all of his archives and this gave me the desire to work in films.
I share this music obsessional passion with Kubrick. As he said ‘The correct use of music and this include the non-use of music is one of the great weapons that the filmmaker had at his disposal’(Interviewed by Robert Emmett Genna, in The Artist Speaks for Himself, 1960). That is the reason why I have put so much effort in the creation of my soundtrack, music is the power of my final work.