Carrie

I see the short as having two different representations, one literal and one more figurative and thematic. For the literal one, I referenced the summary Owen provided in the description and saw this as the artistic manifestation of the angry out break of power and destruction by the telekinetic girl, the colors and shapes representing explosions and telekinesis waves or something. Figuratively though, I found more interesting. I saw this as a manifestation of what it feels like to be bullied and embarrassed but not know at all how to respond other than the emotions you are forced to feel. The anger, the anxiety, and the embarrassment all force your brain to shut down and are represented in this film by the waves crashing down, the shapes spiraling, and the cracks forming in the colors, just how it feels when you can’t think because you are so taken by the shitty emotions you are feeling and all your brain can do is sit there with all these emotions flowing through it in a way that it can’t process fast enough to fight back.Anyway, very cool stuff and I’m super excited to see what Owen does next, because while he may not share the same filmmaking sensibilities that I do, he definitely serves as a short filmmaker that is an inspiration to me, and this creative piece shows why. Also very very cool to use 16mm i’ve always wanted to try that in some way.

I see the short as having two different representations, one literal and one more figurative and thematic. For the literal one, I referenced the summary Owen provided in the description and saw this as the artistic manifestation of the angry out break of power and destruction by the telekinetic girl, the colors and shapes representing explosions and telekinesis waves or something. Figuratively though, I found more interesting. I saw this as a manifestation of what it feels like to be bullied and embarrassed but not know at all how to respond other than the emotions you are forced to feel. The anger, the anxiety, and the embarrassment all force your brain to shut down and are represented in this film by the waves crashing down, the shapes spiraling, and the cracks forming in the colors, just how it feels when you can’t think because you are so taken by the shitty emotions you are feeling and all your brain can do is sit there with all these emotions flowing through it in a way that it can’t process fast enough to fight back.Anyway, very cool stuff and I’m super excited to see what Owen does next, because while he may not share the same filmmaking sensibilities that I do, he definitely serves as a short filmmaker that is an inspiration to me, and this creative piece shows why. Also very very cool to use 16mm i’ve always wanted to try that in some way.