Project Detail

Crystal World

Synopsis

The corpse of a murdered woman finds its final resting place in the murky waters of the Ohio River. Her demise is at first unnoticed. But soon the frozen moment of her own death disturbs the cycle of the living above, encompassing in its breathless embrace both the guilty and the innocent.
Crystal World uses underwater puppets, mono ammonium phosphate, prisms and time-lapse photography to crystallize fragments of Charles Laughton’s The Night of the Hunter.

Details

Year: 2012
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 11 mins 53 secs
Format: HD video
Director: Pia Borg
Producer: Pia Borg
Co-Producer: Edward Lawrenson
Editor: Pia Borg
Screenwriter: Pia Borg
Director of Photography: Pia Borg
Production Designer: Pia Borg, Amelia Borg, Stephanie Singer
Sound: Joel Stern
Composer: Joel Stern

Genre

Experimental Horror Woman Director Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Pia Borg

pia.borg@gmail.com

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