Project Detail

The Looking Game

Synopsis

Eyes are tracked and attentions plotted as a fictitious audience follows the narrator's orders. They are divided by the screen and though they try, neither can see through to the other side. We question the relationship's reciprocity, and start to feel a strange empathy for the narrator.

Details

Year: 2023
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 7 min 2 sec
Director: Ann Upton
Producer: Ann Upton
Sound: Jamie Mathews, Ann Upton, Joe Hirst
Composer: Jamie Mathews
Principal cast: Victoria Grove

Genre

Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Ann Upton

annupton3@gmail.com

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