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Archie McCubbin – Limbo – Short Film – Student Work

-is short film is a fuller exploration of the feeling of limbo. I tried to capture a dream-like atmosphere in this film, taking advantage of the bright yellow sun that happened to appear that night. I was trying to come up with images and scenarios that would come up in that limbo, half-dream half-awake state. The whole idea came from watching older films like Wild Strawberries and Colour Of Pomegranates which are experimental in their idea of storytelling and non-linear ideas. The image of the watch suggests a theme of time, along with the books reinforcing this idea of past and future and time. However, time in Limbo does not count for anything, with the image of a lone person giving it isolation and the same shot starting and ending it making it loop into infinity, doomed to repeat. Th- 

Archie McCubbin S6

This very short film is one of many I’ve created trying to explore a vivid feeling and trying to capture it, in this case, as economically as I could with some old footage I had lying around. It’s a strange one, more food for thought than anything else. I hope you enjoy it and it knocks around your mind for a while.

Archie McCubbin S6

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