A labyrinth is a maze-like cavern he dwells in, away from the world, apart from reality. Where he makes his own logic and rules. In other words, it is a fantasy world he created for himself and Serene. However, the maze within this labyrinth concept also serves as a metaphor for the actual difficulties and barriers he has to confront and overcome in order to reach and connect with Serene in reality. The stalking scenes from Damien’s point of view are purposely filmed in the dark and are obstructed by pillars and structures to portray the idea of a maze and the existence of barriers in their ‘relationship’. They come in between him and Serene and he conceal himself comfortably in his comfort zone so that he can appreciate her from afar.
Later in the film the labyrinth was ruined by an intrusion of Peter, Serene’s new boyfriend. Light breaks through the labyrinth and suddenly the world he was accustomed to no longer is. He needed to step out of the comfort zone of his labyrinth to make progress with Serene, as the labyrinth he had built had already been intruded and ruined by the 3rd party, upon his discovery of Serene’s boyfriend while stalking her. In other words, he needs to come out of his shell in order to sustain his fantasy and dreams. This departure from the labyrinth is portrayed in the film by a brightening of scenes, where locations are less walled up. He wanders to places in the open, unrelentingly retaining his initial sensibilities but unknowingly makes him more vulnerable to the reality of things.
Damien Monologue is entirely filmed using a video camera, because the film is based on a Vlog (video blog) concept, where Damien interacts and controls the camera all by himself. He chooses to film what he wants to show, which portrays an exclusive narrow perspective of reality. This extends to his stalking scenes where a 1st person point of view is being adopted. The raw shooting technique that will be adopted creates a ‘live’ effect which helps to draw the audience into the experience, making them feel like they are going through the same pursuit as Damien. This creates a certain tenacity and tension that engages audiences, the same classic concept that is used in films like Blair witch project and Cloverfield, but in a love story context that is unique.
At the last scene there is a switch to the normal 3rd person perspective. This is because it would have reached a point where Damien’s monologue is dead and no longer relevant. There is no more perspective when Damien finally loses the video camera. Thematically it simply shows that the narrow cropping of ‘vlogging’ on the video camera is unable to contain what reality is and the audience sees the end the film with a holistic point of view.
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