David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived
- warm
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
Warm, steady, gentle documentary, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.
How every film is hand-scored →As Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double in the Harry Potter films, David Holmes' work has been seen worldwide by millions of people. Tragically an on-set accident ended what David calls "the best job in the world," leaving him paralyzed. Like the on-screen character he helped bring to life, David is determined to continue seeking adventure and living life to the fullest despite mounting obstacles.
Our read · David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived (2023) reads as a warm, steady, grounded documentary entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.
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The shape of David Holmes
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The reading.
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Closeness in the twelve-axis space — how the film actually reads, not “people also liked.”
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