Begin with a human dilemma
64 film situations meet the formal profiles of 48 directors. Change time, sound, distance, and point of view.
CINEMA / CHOICE / ENCOUNTER
The same spark. A different kind of film.
Old loves, secrets, closeness, departures. Step into a film situation, choose how to shoot it, and see what the camera does to a feeling.
6–10 minutes · Open-ended choices · Saved in this browser
See what a choice changes
Compare a film’s method with four imagined approaches. Every close-up, cut, and pause changes the emotional stakes.
Collect an encounter
When several choices resonate, a director fragment arrives. Different situations gradually reveal how you like to watch.
Understand time through shots
What establishes direct time? What changes through recollection, crystals, sheets of past, and peaks of present? Test concepts through particular shots.