TENEBRAE

 



  In this short film by Nicole Midori Woodford, where a young girl which is a  resident  of a high-rise apartment in Singapore vacate the premises for the last time before its demolishment and questioned its demise. And according to a dictionary, Tenebrae is a Latin word for “shadows” or “darkness” it could also be translated to a more depth meaning which is “night” or “death”. 

     Upon watching the film, I love how the cinematography works, how the main character illuminates from the background to give emphasis to her role and the color used in the whole film which I think represents for a deep sorrow of the lost apartment that somehow gives a sentimental feeling in her life and slowly seeing it deconstructed in her sight. We can feel it through the camera set ups how dramatic it may seem. Lighting, effects, camera positioning can really make your film more dramatic so I owe this to the director that  gave a great job when it comes to it.

     Lastly, I kind of felt how hard losing a place where you build a lot of memories and I can see how we can relate it to our dreams. That we built a lot of courage, hard works, love, etc. and slowly with this pandemic a lot of dreams failed and slowly you need to build a new one with the new normal we are experiencing right now. 

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