- Has your mind escaped you? Group Think ... The Lobotomy Of Free Expression. Based on a concept initially developed by Lars developed in 2009 designed to work as a stand-alone short film and as a sequence vignette for an upcoming feature film currently in production. A short film vignette sequence featuring VFX, where we open on a morning breakfast setting and featuring one actor (male short cut hair adult). The actor interacts with a toaster and there is a sync/synergy of the toaster and actor for the ensuing VFX sequence as the 'brain bug' is revealed. The toaster is symbolic of the inundating brainwashing force subjected to victims of 'herd conformity'. The film thematically explores the collective 'group think' conformity of our digital era paradigm using the brain-bug to metaphorically show how we have lost our independence via the ghost written rules of social media and the associated rules of conduct preached to us subliminally and more overtly as so much spam so that often we might feel inundated with non stop data stream into our grey-matter to the point where we fall back overwhelmed as our thoughts run riot and our mind (brain bug) escapes us or indeed we lower our heads unwittingly and subserviently for the guillotine lobotomy of free expression.
- Brain Bug 'group think', Short Film ...
Has your mind escaped you? GroupThink ... The Lobotomy Of Free Expression
Copyright © Lars Magnus Holmgren 2021. All rights reserved.
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1. New York International Film Awards - Best VFX Short. April 2022
2. London Movie Awards - Best Horror Short & Best Super Short Film. February 2022
3. Cannes Shorts - Best VFX. February 2022
4. Hamburg Film Awards - Best Director, Best Super Short, Best VFX. January 2022
5. Paris Film Awards - Best Super Short Film. January 2022
6. Oniros Film Awards New York - Best Under Five film. April 2022
7. London Film & TV awards - Best Horror Short. September 2021
8. The Gladiator Film Festival - Best Short & Best VFX. October 2022
9. Cyber Film Festival - Best Short Film. September 2021
10. Stockholm City Film Festival - Finalist. September 2021
11.The British Short Film Awards - Finalist. October 2021
12. RED MOVIE AWARDS - Finalist. August 2022
13. Santa Barbara Shorts Festival - Finalist. May 2022
14. Bloody Horror International Film Festival - Finalist. July 2022
15. Space Brains Sci-fi Film Festival - Finalist. April 2022
16. Boden International Film Festival - Semi Finalist. November 2021
17. Sweden Film Awards - Semi Finalist. September 2021
18. Australia Independent Film Festival - Semi Finalist. August 2021
19. Lonely Wolf #22LWIFF - Semi Finalist. August 2022
20. Phoenix Shorts Festival - Semi Finalist. March 2022
21. Brooklyn Sci-fi Film festival - Screened. August 2021
22. Paris Film Festival - Screened. September 2021
23. Hallucinea Film Festival - Screened. August 2021
24. FROSTBITE International Indie Fest - Screened. September 2021
25. Space Brains Sci-fi Festival - Screened. May 2022
26. Kosice International Film Festival - Screened. November 2021
27. International World Photography Awards - Screened. April 2022
28. Canberra Short Film Festival - Screened. October 2022
29. Underground Indie Film Festival / Horror Cult Sci-Fi Fantasy - Screened. June 2022
30. LIAF 2022 - Official Selection for Screenings in Late Night Bizarre. December 2022
---- Written, Directed, Produced & Edited by Lars Magnus Holmgren
- Starring Ian Johnson
- DOP / Camera, Lighting & Set Design - Lars Magnus Holmgren
- Sound Design by Lars Magnus Holmgren
- VFX (Visual Effects) & Animation by Lars Magnus Holmgren
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Based on a concept initially developed by Lars developed in 2009 designed to work as a stand-alone short film and as a sequence vignette for an upcoming feature film currently in production.
A short film vignette sequence featuring VFX, where we open on a morning breakfast setting and featuring one actor (male short cut hair adult). The actor interacts with a toaster and there is a sync/synergy of the toaster and actor for the ensuing VFX sequence as the 'brain bug' is revealed. The toaster is symbolic of the inundating brainwashing force subjected to victims of 'herd conformity'.
The film thematically explores the collective 'group think' conformity of our digital era paradigm using the brain-bug to metaphorically show how we have lost our independence via the ghost written rules of social media and the associated rules of conduct preached to us subliminally and more overtly as so much spam so that often we might feel inundated with non stop data stream into our grey-matter to the point where we fall back overwhelmed as our thoughts run riot and our mind (brain bug) escapes us or indeed we lower our heads unwittingly and subserviently for the guillotine lobotomy of free expression.
Software; Maya, Redshift, Nuke, 3DE, Photoshop, Premiere Pro Hardware; Dell Precision 7820 Tower and Precision Laptop Camera; Nikon D500 and associated lenses
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