Inspirations

This is a scene from the film La Haine.
This is the main inspiration for my opening scene where Abdul is looking in the mirror holding up a fake gun.



This is a scene from the film Garden State.
The effect where everything speeds up around the main character will be used in my film. It will be pretty similar however instead of keeping the camera stationary at a medium close up it will slowly zooms out from an extreme close up to a medium close up.



This is the second part of a short film called 'We Were Once a Fairytale' by Spike Jonze.
The second half of my film when Abdul is feeling the come down from the drugs will be similar to this. This includes the blurry effect, feeling of nausea, the movement of the main character. It is also inspired by the scene in the bathroom when he kills the demon inside of him.