Combining elements of song and dance, and a quirkiness in the lyrics to lift the viewer's spirits, this music video does its bit to add some desperately needed cheer to contemporary times. If it reminds you of jovial Christmas carols, and carefree Disney characters, as you watch the protagonist prance around during his performance, you wouldn't perhaps be the only one.

Quarantine: A Musical | Lockdown Film Challenge

The film allows its plot to develop in the vein of a psychological thriller. The story serves as a relevant metaphor for a world where we increasingly find our physical freedom curbed and our lives confined indoors. It portrays the same using the entrapment of the protagonist within a space that is marked by endlessly disappearing doors.

Quarantine: Doors | Lockdown Film Challenge

The short narrative aspires to garb the form of a mockumentary to bring to life the story of a person who went missing. The protagonist was an average person who worked out regularly, followed the institutions of domesticity, and spent most of his time reading books. <br><br> However, once the lockdown hits in the wake of the outspread of the Conspirovirus, this habit of reading takes him down some very dark paths, drowning him in all kinds of conspiracy theories. It is at his expense, and the various antics he indulges in, that the plot attempts to invoke humor. At the same time, it presents to us all the ridiculous decisions that the protagonist makes until he reaches a point of no return.

Taral Almoula

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