Inspired by the horrors witnessed and portrayed in Goya’s Disasters Of War, where man is bounded by blind rage, holy judgment rages across Spain. The Spanish Inquisition inspired frenzy and suspicion among its citizens, executing capital punishment and torture based on its belief of exterminating any spiritual autonomy outside of the catholic doctrine. The Fall begins with the persecution of an individual, hounded and chased by a mob through midnight woodland. All masked in Japanese noh style masks, warped and familiar, the individual is presented as a trophy caught by the clan, ecstatic with hatred. The scratch and scraping of foliage, rope and bark are coarsely present as the score creates an ominous, fidgeting array of textures, each alerting the senses of survival and imminent contact with danger. The consistent nature of the score with the whistling of taut rope, ominous infrequent gongs and the distant cries of the approaching mob create an atmosphere of palpable fear.
The score by London based artist seems to be a clever mix of electronic and naturalistic sound effects, foley and use of silence is highly effective for the fairly simplistic nature of the short film. Uses of erratic and repetitive rhythms reflect the frenzy like state of mind of the supposed antagonists.
