Length: 05:28
Logline: Part music video, part obscure narrative revolving around a human/sea monster?
Not sure how accurate the logline is on this one as the film looks pretty open to interpretation. There is a mixture of live action, stop motion animation, speed manipulation and effective editing in this evocative piece. The best I could fathom is that the story is possibly shown in reverse (although it works fine as is) and centres round some pulsating sea creature who can transform into a human in order to kill men in toilets. Either that or it's just some nut job with the ability to tolerate the freezing cold.
Pivotal to the work is the unknown actress who throws herself into the role wholeheartedly and carries off a continual 'WTF?' look as well as going at the naked writhing on the floor in a rather gung-ho fashion. If that wasn't professional enough, she then allows herself to be smothered in a grubby old poly bag on the baltic beach and covered in what looks like alien innards. You go girl!
Amid the frequent soft focus shots, picture quality is high and the edit is done to a competent standard with clear structure and tonal shifts. Saying that, some sequences lingered too long for me and pace suffered marginally due to that. The visuals are complimented by a great soundtrack which carries a forceful mood throughout and matches the ambiguous imagery. Overall, highly experimental and provocative without being boring and overly obscure.
Not sure how accurate the logline is on this one as the film looks pretty open to interpretation. There is a mixture of live action, stop motion animation, speed manipulation and effective editing in this evocative piece. The best I could fathom is that the story is possibly shown in reverse (although it works fine as is) and centres round some pulsating sea creature who can transform into a human in order to kill men in toilets. Either that or it's just some nut job with the ability to tolerate the freezing cold.
Pivotal to the work is the unknown actress who throws herself into the role wholeheartedly and carries off a continual 'WTF?' look as well as going at the naked writhing on the floor in a rather gung-ho fashion. If that wasn't professional enough, she then allows herself to be smothered in a grubby old poly bag on the baltic beach and covered in what looks like alien innards. You go girl!
Amid the frequent soft focus shots, picture quality is high and the edit is done to a competent standard with clear structure and tonal shifts. Saying that, some sequences lingered too long for me and pace suffered marginally due to that. The visuals are complimented by a great soundtrack which carries a forceful mood throughout and matches the ambiguous imagery. Overall, highly experimental and provocative without being boring and overly obscure.
Best Bit: Trying to figure out what you're watching.
Worst Bit: The bits of glass on the girl looked a bit naff.
Read a condensed review of this film on Twitter here.
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