https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-Bwd0Y48m4&t=46s
Aronofsky’s stylised use of fast-cut dream-like sequences (known as ‘hip hopĀ montages’) has been recreated by numerous directors but originated in his 2000 film ‘Requiem for a Dream’. In these sequences, short shots of drug use are intercut with footage showing the biological effect of drugs (ie. the increase in red blood cells, expansion of the pupil, with loud, stylised sound effects accompanying. The overall effect is disorienting, almost intoxicating in itself as the viewer is placed in the midst of the continuous routine of drug abuse and dependency.Ā This editing technique inspired my own use of fast-cuts throughout my short to show the emotional narrative involved in drug use.