A Thing For Rubber

REFERENCES: Hysterical Literature (sensuality without explicit imagery), Blade Runner & Reflective Desire (Lighting, Mood), Gone Girl (Camera Action), Don't Look At Me That Way (Acting Direction / Narrative Style)

All footage slowed to 50% varispeed. 1:2.76 aspect. lit for noir.
Lazy Calm - Cocteau Twins

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Fade In, Camera tracks in to YOUNG WOMAN, clad in towel sitting in front of laptop. Black and white. saturation fades in across the whole film. She lights a cigarette and stares blankly at the screen. the room is bathed in a soft warm fill, fairy lights are just out of sight where old photographs are hung. A hard edge illuminates the woman. She takes a slow, deliberate drag of her cigarette, inhaling deeply before filling her vicinity with a lazy smoke.

She tilts her laptop down at an angle and arranges a paperweight in front of it, sliding a square mirror into place. A small make up kit is retreived from an unseen resting place and she begins to powder her face.

cut to POV of the woman as she applies her makeup, fairy lights blurred in the backdrop. a long chain of ash hangs from her cigarette parked on a makeshift ashtray, a previously-rolled joint sitting nearby. powder floats slowly in the air. prayer flags hang above her. various cosmetic products are messily strewn around the room. A red collar is seen in the background somewhere. she applies lipstick and smacks her lips. Another drag of her cigarette.

The woman stands, fluffs her hair and removes her towel. she indulges herself in admiring her body briefly before the towel is cast aside.

cut to a shiny black garment is unrolled on the bed behind her vanity. the woman is seen out of focus, reflected in the mirror as she pours liquid from a bottle into the garment. she places the bottle labelled "EROS Latex/Rubber Dressing Aid" on the vanity and begins rubbing the garment against itself. the cigarette is ashed and she takes a final drag before it is stubbed out. cutaways of the black rubber suit on her bed.

sounds of latex can be heard as the material is stretched tightly against her calves. The limp material is pulled taut as she slides into her catsuit methodically. cue drums (2:59). She guides the material up her legs, smoothing it as it coats her limbs. It is pulled taut around her waist and she parades briefly before continuing to dress herself. she guides the suit up her torso and her fingers squeeze into the suit's neck opening. Both sleeves are half worn before she guides the neck-entry up her arms.

Cut to back shot of the woman as the neck closes around her own. Saturation 100%

As she finishes dressing she smooths the material across her body, stretching and adjusting it as she explores its cavity. She pours the dressing aid into a small washcloth and begins polishing the suit on her body.

Music begins to calm (5:56).

A brown rolled joint is lit. she takes a long drag and holds it in.

cut to wide as she exhales. She is seated on the corner of her bed as smoke engulfs the screen. Camera pulls out slowly as she reclines on the bed and indulges herself, pulling slowly out of focus.

Fade to black.