Apricot - Short Film

Apricot is another simple short film, it has elements of naturalism and surrealism, where flashbacks occur. The transitions between the naturalistic moments in the restaurant and the flashbacks are all enhanced using pull focus shots, which allow the director to slowly reveal things as the shot develops rather than seeing everything at once.
The simplicity of the story is also key here, we become slightly confused by the constant motion of the camera and uncertainty of location until at the last moment all is made clear in their prolonged stare and kiss.
Unlike Side Effected, the camera frames are composed but free, the camera moves around constantly, often using focus to only display a characters face.

• voted community choice winner for narrative on Vimeo
• excellent use of camerawork and pull focus shots in particular
• composed free frames
• mixture of surrealism and naturalism
• moments where flashbacks and reality intertwine, like when little girl is counting in the restaurant
• the length is effective, keeping it all in real time, there is little use of match on action or time sequences