Thursday, March 19, 2015

Short Film: LINE SIGNAL


"LINE SIGNAL" by John Panton from Meat Bingo

"LINE SIGNAL" is an eerie short film set amid the woods and mist of southwest England.  In it, a woman encounters a bizarre series of event in the course of her daily jog. 

It’s a beautiful film, featuring sweeping shots of the countryside meant as much to disorient as to anchor views in a setting.  If there’s a villain in this film, it’s fog.  Both visually and thematically. This is about as close as you can get to a story with zero exposition. What’s the big deal she’s trying to lock down? What’s wrong with her father? Why doesn’t she call her family? What really happened to the people who now haunt this clearing?

The questions linger in a delightful way, utilizing mystery as an ally in delivering an open-ended tale that feels complete without needing to seal the lid all that tightly. Bolstered by creepy imagery and a slow-motion sense of unease, and you have a ghostly short film that pulls the goosebumps right out of their hiding places.


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