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Response to 'The Arrival' by Daniel Montanarini

In 2016, Daniel Montanarini directed a short film called 'Arrival' which follows a pregnant woman's inner monologue as she waits in a cafe to tell the man this news. She debates in her head whether or not to keep it, eventually coming to a decision at the end of the film, just before the man arrives.

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This film is, overall, theatrical. It consists entirely of the expressions of the woman (Anna) and her inner monologue conveyed with a voice-over. It is like the cafe is her stage, as everything from the spotlight on the lead actress to the over-the-top expressions to the well blocked extras in the background exudes drama. Montanarini's camerawork is effective. He uses a simple zoom-in as the scene progresses, building to the climax of the film which is a train going past the window as Anna reaches her decision (whether this is literal or metaphorical or both seems ambiguous).
I think all of these features achieve what Montanarini was trying to which, as he said in an interview, was something 'cinematic, simple and personal'.
However, personally I dislike when film-makers use an internal monologue in a voiceover, as this is not how thoughts actually occur, and this method seems almost crude.

For my own film, I want to have a more complex narrative in multiple settings, as well as spoken dialogue as a pose to a voice-over.

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