The Waiting Room

This is a small project experimenting with change the perception of time (making it seem longer or shorter) and effectively creating and building tension.

We were given this small section of a script as a prompt:

‘INT: UNSPECIFIED ROOM – DAY/NIGHT

In a location, an individual stares into nothingness. The space contains a variety of objects that somehow relate to that person. In one minute from now the life of that individual will change forever. But that minute feels like an eternity. The room becomes a prison. The clock becomes a ticking time bomb. Sounds are amplified. Further unsettling noises build up. The tension increases as that moment draws ever nearer until…

CUT TO BLACK.’

We were also shown this extract from the film The Eye to give us an example of how the perception of time passing has been warped.