Malibu Taetz’s Reflections: Finding a Reason to Approach a Co-worker
Reflections is a short film by director Malibu Taetz that depicts a shy office clerk trying to brighten a co-worker’s day after seeing her through a reflection. The film has very little dialogue and manages to have a deep level focus on the actors’ body language and facial expressions, allowing the audience to interpret the scenes in their own way, while also maintaining a storyline with the actions of the...
Grace Goen’s Retain: A Sense of Hope To Fulfill Happiness
Retain is a short film by director Grace Goen that depicts a civilian in an interview answering questions and waiting for her final results. The film consists of close-up scenes of the main characters. The close-up on the main character’s body language while answering the questions in the interview creates a sense of tension and makes each question more important as she continues to answer them. The dialogue gives the main character a...
The Future of Farming
By Grace Graham The film Evolving Farming with Technology by Brigid Donahue takes a brief look at some of the problems facing modern day farming, and possible solutions to these problems. Brigid does an excellent job in this film of laying out a lot of the dangers of climate change, and talking about how they are specifically affecting food production. However, she does not get bogged down in the hopelessness that people often feel at...
The Sun Will Save Us Tackles the Climate Change Conversation
By Rhea Mursalin In The Sun Will Save Us, Tanner Sell presents a strong and informative argument as to why solar energy is the leading energy source that can aid in the fight against climate change. Through the use of on-screen captions and a frequent stream of footage depicting solar panel installations, this short film highlights both the need for solar energy, as well as the main reasons why it is currently impractical to adopt...
Carlos Douglas Jr.’s Kenya’s Symphony: Discovering the Music Within
By Rhea Mursalin Carlos Douglas Jr.’s short film, Kenya’s Symphony, demonstrates the powerful effects that music can have on those who have been exposed to its beauty. Through the use of bright and colorful animation, this film paints a complete story of how reluctance can evolve into inspiration. We see how Kenya, a child being dragged to an orchestra concert, eventually develops a love and appreciation for music. She initially...
A Film that Brings us Together
By Grace Graham The Film Aparat by Hasan Najmabadi is a heartwarming short story about 6 teenage boys who put their differences aside and work together to watch a movie. I genuinely really loved this film. It was simple, to the point, and provided a good message. Throughout the film, we see a recurring theme of the importance of movies and films. When the boys are initially trading in their collected scraps, they forgo money and...
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