Dreams and Reflections:
Films for the Present Moment
My film students this year face a unique and intimidating challenge: to create meaningful cinematic work within the confines of a COVID-dominated world. Making art using the medium of moving images is a steep challenge at the best of times, but generating new ideas and executing them safely while masks, social distancing, and stay at home mandates are facts of life are exceptionally daunting tasks for budding film artists.
This selection of work by Upper School film students, divided into four complementary sections, demonstrates that against all odds, these young auteurs refuse to let their creativity lie dormant.
- Mr. Jacobson
1. In Mind
Each of these films gazes through a central character’s mind’s eye to reveal what lies within, and without.
Stranger Self
Francesca C.
Chaos Becomes Numb
Caterina C.
Portrait of Perfection
Sophie A.
Blink of an Eye
Helen S.
2. This Time
Films that capture the isolation, frustration, and ennui of living through a pandemic.
Unprecedented, She Said
Sophie A.
Dreaming
Martha C.
Nothing to Fear
Rose C.
Endless Repetition
Annabelle T.
3. The Documented Life
Documentaries, up close and personal.
Untitled
Addison L.
The Creation
Lacey T.
Production Induction
Kylie C.C.
Teen Minorities in America
Aiea C.
4. Distilled
Short stories told through successions of still images, inspired by French film essayist Chris Marker’s landmark still image work, La Jetée (1962).
Thank God I Had You
Francesca C.
The Brothers' Eye
Addison L.
Cry
Gianna L.
history to her
Kylie C.C.