I enjoy the contrast between all three spaces. The outdoor area is like a container / hub area that helps us understand the two houses as part of a neighborhood to interpret. Then the peaceful house is comforting and organized, while the surreal house takes a very different chaotic approach and the unexpected drop down into the water is a great moment.
Now, "Disaster Walk" is a cool title but I must confess I still don't really get the theme of "disaster" here really? I suppose the bedroom in the surreal house is a bit disaster themed, with the broken walls and garbage and food everywhere... but it made me think more of a hoarder or hermit more than a disaster area. In that sense, the original title of "Head Spaces" might make more sense.
But if you wanted to push more of that "disaster" theme then, maybe one way is to emphasize the similarity / contrast between the two houses. Right now they feel very different and almost unrelated. However, what if they resembled each other more, with similar floorplan and hallways, but then very different rooms and decoration? Then we would compare them more readily, and understand one house as "pre-disaster" and the other as "post-disaster" more clearly. Maybe that's what you were going for? If so, it would've been cool to see an uncanny similarity pushed more.
Altogether, interesting work and structure, just wish there was more of it!
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I enjoy the contrast between all three spaces. The outdoor area is like a container / hub area that helps us understand the two houses as part of a neighborhood to interpret. Then the peaceful house is comforting and organized, while the surreal house takes a very different chaotic approach and the unexpected drop down into the water is a great moment.
Now, "Disaster Walk" is a cool title but I must confess I still don't really get the theme of "disaster" here really? I suppose the bedroom in the surreal house is a bit disaster themed, with the broken walls and garbage and food everywhere... but it made me think more of a hoarder or hermit more than a disaster area. In that sense, the original title of "Head Spaces" might make more sense.
But if you wanted to push more of that "disaster" theme then, maybe one way is to emphasize the similarity / contrast between the two houses. Right now they feel very different and almost unrelated. However, what if they resembled each other more, with similar floorplan and hallways, but then very different rooms and decoration? Then we would compare them more readily, and understand one house as "pre-disaster" and the other as "post-disaster" more clearly. Maybe that's what you were going for? If so, it would've been cool to see an uncanny similarity pushed more.
Altogether, interesting work and structure, just wish there was more of it!