Ferro Vespra
Northline asked for a film about the evening commute on its oldest elevated stretch. We followed one rider from the closing doors to the platform where he gets off, in five shots and the twenty minutes of light the line is known for.
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Frames from the project
Pim and Arne came back with five shots and twenty minutes of light, and my job was to make them feel like one ride home.
Five shots, one journey
There’s no faking the line’s geography, so the shots stay in the order the stations come. The sun drops a little between each cut, which does the work of a clock.
What came out
Plenty went from the first cut, mostly because it explained too much.
The ticket barrier: we start on the doors closing instead.
A close-up of his face: the back of his coat says more.
A shot of the timetable: we never filmed one.
