Project Detail

Shadows

Synopsis

Shadows is a short experimental film about the fact that no matter where we come from or who we are or what language we speak, we are the same colour ie black. The languages spoken in the film are Chinese, Russian, Indian, African and English. The film was created by filming the shadows of people talking against a wall.

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
5 mins
Format
8mm, Digital 8
Director
Sandra Mareska Baid
Producer
HuiHai Lu
Editor
Sandra Mareska Baid
Screenwriter
Sandra Mareska Baid
Sound
Sandra Mareska Baid, HuiHai Lu
Composer
HuiHai Lu
Principal cast
University of Essex students

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

University of Essex

Keynes Tower
10/10 Wivenhoe Park
Colchester
Essex
CO4 3SQ
UK

T+ 44 (0)1206 535870

hlu@essex.ac.uk

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