The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

"The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a compendium of invented words written by John Koenig. Each original definition aims to fill a hole in the language—to give a name to emotions we all might experience but don't yet have a word for.
The author's mission is to capture the aches, demons, vibes, joys and urges that roam the wilderness of the psychological interior. Each sorrow is bagged, tagged and tranquilized, then released gently back into the subconscious."

 The dictionary of obscure sorrows creates short films based around the definition of this compendium of words. They have no plot and no storyline; they just show examples of the definition in a series of short clips and various effects and narration. I like the way the channel created their videos based around a single word and took it to another level by using multiple short clips to make it more creative- easily fitting into the avant-garde genre. Building a short film form a single stimulus fascinates me because it shows there are no boundaries to creativity and you can do a lot with such a small original idea. I would like to take the idea of using a single word to build a film into the production of my short film.

This is one of the short films that the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows has created, based around the word 'Opia'- the ambiguous intensity of eye contact. In this film I love the way the theme is continually shown in each clip and all based around its stimulus, aided by narration. It isn't rushed and takes the audience smoothly through each clip, however I would be more interested in watching the film if it had more of a plot. If I were to make a film similar I would try to include some sort of storyline in it so the audience has something more to watch- it would be obviously based around the stimulus, but have some background to it too.