Keepsakes

Dir. Dana Delametter

Dana and I had a rather unusual start to our relationship; our very first meeting was, by chance, in an elevator. I somehow gathered that he was a director so I offered him my card. About a week or so later, he actually called me up, having checked out the site and liking what he heard.

The film, Keepsakes, is a rather hilarious short about this woman and her rather interesting boyfriend. After several months of buildup, she finally admits to having fallen totally in love with him. Delighted by this revelation, he admits that their entire relationship has been a charade; a twisted game spun out of a desire for her dating back to their high school days, a time when he watched her from afar like a longing stalker.

The score has two main elements: In the beginning it plays with the saccharine nature of the film, capturing this unbridled love between the two characters. As the man's dementia is revealed, it slowly mutates into the twisted love through his eyes. Though it was done as a MIDI score, the sound is rather orchestral, at times approaching the grand 'love theme' tradition of composers like John Barry.