5/5
A suspense-heavy thriller with a sinister underbelly.
- Experimental, Thriller
- United States
- 2020
- 5 min
Blood and Honey
5/5
An immersive experimental tale with a spine-chilling narrative.
By using various locations such as forests, farms, a watchmaker’s workshop, a chateau and finally a bare modern apartment, we draw an image of the culture of the past and connect it with the presence. The visual level is completed by surreal acoustics and becomes unworldly. The soundtrack tells its own story and complements the visuals. We show how life is bound to the dimension of time but one can still affect its subjective perception.
The viewers are drawn into another sphere by monochrome images that are not immediately accessible. They experience a feel of time from different perspectives. The blood conveys life and transience, the honey is intended to capture the changing character of time.
Blood is vital. Time is honey.
The 10-minute cinematic experience opens with a sharp 2-min title sequence that impeccably teases and sets the tone/theme of the succeeding narrative. The short is structured into 3 chapters; Amorphous, Transmission of Fate, and Still – each chapter explores and probes the potency of time. Largely open for artistic interpretation, the film highlights several focal points that include; a decaying rose, and an enigmatic pocket watch. Max Kruk and Maja Junginger portray masked and sinister looking characters that are separated by two generations (grandfather/granddaughter).
By using various locations such as forests, farms, a watchmaker’s workshop, a chateau and finally a bare modern apartment, we draw an image of the culture of the past and connect it with the presence. The visual level is completed by surreal acoustics and becomes unworldly. The soundtrack tells its own story and complements the visuals. We show how life is bound to the dimension of time but one can still affect its subjective perception.
The viewers are drawn into another sphere by monochrome images that are not immediately accessible. They experience a feel of time from different perspectives. The blood conveys life and transience, the honey is intended to capture the changing character of time.
Blood is vital. Time is honey.
The 10-minute cinematic experience opens with a sharp 2-min title sequence that impeccably teases and sets the tone/theme of the succeeding narrative. The short is structured into 3 chapters; Amorphous, Transmission of Fate, and Still – each chapter explores and probes the potency of time. Largely open for artistic interpretation, the film highlights several focal points that include; a decaying rose, and an enigmatic pocket watch. Max Kruk and Maja Junginger portray masked and sinister looking characters that are separated by two generations (grandfather/granddaughter).
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