Brief Candle: A New Short by Duncan McDowall

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Duncan McDowall’s new short is inspired by Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World and explores how bio-electricity galvanizes into discovering muscular intelligence.

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It stars the very dramatic dancer and choreographer Dorotea Saykaly. It’s nice to see the longtime Compagnie Marie-Chouinard dancer take on independent projects like this. She has collaborated with Duncan before on the prequel to Brief Candle, called PAINTED.

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The short was filmed with 3 cameras in 30 minutes right after sunset, and then again just before sunrise. The light field is setup with 50 lamps, thousands of feet of power cord, and careful VFX in post courtesy of FRIMA FX.

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Music is by Godspeed! You Black Emperor.