A Conversation With Death | Short Film Nominee

Short Film Nominee March 21, 2020

A Conversation With Death

By Ritesh Uphade with 6.2

fantasy · Short Films · english

The entirety of the short film comes to revolve around a conversation between a man on his death bed and the Grim Reaper who has come to reap his soul. However, before they commence their journey to Afterlife, the Reaper has a few questions. This would ensure that the soul is truly ready to passover and that the Reaper does not have to shoulder the burden of an unhappy, regretful life.

As the movement of the narrative begins vis-a-vis the regrets of the dying man's memories, a sense of cyclicality is invoked. His disagreements with his father come to overlap with those of his son. In a way, the film thus becomes a comment on the patterns of human behaviour we rarely break out of. It also attempts a use of special effects and graphics to convey its message, along with a voiceover of the narrator. A black and white palette is adopted as well to drive its point home.
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