Remember Me As A Time of Day

'Remember Me As a Time of Day'

by tiffany chan

LOCATION AND TIME

• Evening/night time; 9:30pm-12am
• Central/Sheung Wan (trams)
• Yau Tsim Mong district

CINEMATOGRAPHY & LIGHTING

Ladies Market, Mong Kok

Trams in Central

SOUNDS

• Diegetic sounds - city
• Instrumental sounds

'Chungking Express'

'We Might As Well Be Strangers'

EDITING

CHARACTERS

• Handheld
• Not always focused
• Different mediums e.g. reflections
• Lighting of characters
• Colour blocking

THEMES

• Alex (male) and Wren (female) both 16 years old

• Parallel editing
• Jump-cuts
• Invisible editing
• Cross-cutting

'Remember Me As A Time of Day' - Explosions in the Sky

'The Only Moment We Were Alone' - Explosions in the Sky

ALEX

WREN

• Isolation/loneliness
• Unrequited love
• Loss

• Highly observant
• Artistic, creative - photographer
• Needs personal space
• Quiet
• Non-judgemental
• Tranquil

• Extroverted
• Solitary
• Stubborn
• Irrational
• Curious
• Dislikes thinking ahead (spontaneous)

We Might As Well Be Strangers (2010), dir. Heiward Mak

SUMMARY

DIRECTORS

GENRE

• Contrasting characters
• Cinematography - bokeh
• Urban loneliness
• Feelings > plot
• Cross-cutting narrative

• Wong Kar-wai - (Chungking Express, Fallen Angels)
• Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation)
• Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)

CONTEXTUAL POINTS

• Memories are "reset" at 12am everyday.
• Alex and Wren are two lost teenagers wandering aimlessly through Central.
• When they cross paths, it is revealed they were former lovers.

• Sci-fi (ish)
• Indie
• Romance (non-traditional)

Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind (2001) dir. Michel Gondry

RESEARCH TEXTS

• Non-traditional romance story
• Contrasting characters
• Tone and feel
• Mildly depressing, melancholia
• Feelings > plot

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