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Plume

by Dave Clark

Dave Clark’s 21-minute narrative experiment, with a disclosed method for keeping characters consistent.

Format
Short film
Genre
Narrative experiment
Year
2026
Added
17 Sept 2026

Clark published the full 21:03 short on July 17, 2026.

Why this film matters

Its most useful disclosure is practical: continuity requires references for changes within a character, not just one portrait of that character. Clothing, scene context and repeated descriptive decisions have to remain coordinated across a longer edit.

The released film gives readers a way to assess that method against the result. A complete model inventory and budget have not been verified, and tools from Clark’s earlier films are not assumed to apply here.

Production notebook

What the makers have disclosed. Credits may be partial.

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Writing, direction and editing

Clark credits himself in the release post. This does not establish the full production headcount.

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Continuity technique

Clark describes creating character sheets for each character and each change of clothes, then combining them with a shared prompt reference document.

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