Reverie (2009) | Experimental Short Film

www.masonshefa.com

A film by Mason Shefa, 2009.

Visual poem on identity.

Shot in Chicago and Los Angeles.

Filmed with a Minolta Autopak-8 D6 Super-8mm Camera
with Kodak Tri-X and Kodak Plus-X reversal Super-8mm film.

Awards:
1st Place "Best Experimental" -- Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (Oct. '10)
"Honorable Mention" -- National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (Dec. '10)
"Gold Key Award for Senior Art Portfolio" -- Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (March '11)

Screenings:
National Film Festival for Talented Youth (April '10)
South Bay Student Video Festival (May '10)
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (Oct. '10)
Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival (Nov. '10)
Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (Nov. '10)
San Francisco Bay Area International Children's Film Festival (April '11)

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• reverie
• mason
• shefa
• experimental
• art
• film
• visual
• poem
• identity
• minolta
• autopak
• autopak-8
• d6
• super
• super-8
• super-8mm
• 8mm
• camera
• kodak
• tri
• plus
• tri-x
• plus-x
• ektachrome
• 64
• 64t
• reversal
• abstraktní
• प्रयोगात्मक
• और
• सफेद
• फिल्म
• eksperimenterende
• experimentele
• abstraite
• structurel
• en
• noir
• et
• blanc
• 画抽象的な構造白と黒の映画
• تجرباتی
• تجریدی
• ڈھانچہ
• سیاہ
• اور
• سفید

[sChatterG]

cool really like the feel and mood it creates. Lighting is well done i think. Also the music !! :) plz check out my channel and the experimental film there! :)

[adco209]

Yeah, after watching it a couple times more, I now disagree with the harsh polarization I previously interpreted. Still very good use of lighting and music to limitedly distinguish between what facets of your life contributed and detracted from the full experience of achieving your true identity, the ultimate goal represented by the "book end" balloons. I guessed your age, but I knew you were in high school. I found your film by looking up accepted entries at high school film festivals.

[adco209]

How old were you when you made this? 16? Very impressive experimentalism. Can I ask if my general interpretation is correct (no specifics): The balloon shots in beginning and end are the thesis and everything else is basically the antithesis?

[charged220]

Excellent storytelling, has a great feel to it. Sort of uncertainty expressed, with some pages turned upside down.

[medusa19801980]

Buenas Masón.. me gusta mucho el b/n y la textura 8mm de este film.

tambien me gusto el montaje y la relacion de la imagen y el sonido.. relativamente disonante.

saludos.

Luciano.

[JackNightingale]

I like its snappy tempo.