The Beach

»The Beach« is a poetic reflection on life by a young woman. While roaming the beach, she lets her mind run free. We follow her and so, for a few brief moments, we are able to glimpse into her headspace and see the world through her eyes. The beach itself becomes a character of its own as it stands for the one place of longing we all have, the one place we always return to when we need to take a break to be alone with ourselves. A place where past, present and future mingle.

This short film has been made for the 2020 edition of the renowned Straight 8 competition in London. Doing a Straight 8 film means that you shoot a whole film on one cartridge of super 8 with only in-camera edits and an original score produced blindly.

Filmed on location in St. Peter-Böhl at the North Sea coast in Germany in August 2019.

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Because the film was slightly overexposed, little adjustments have been made to darken the shots. The visible scan lines are as well a result of the overexposed film material.

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A film by LARS KEMNITZ | larskemnitz.com

Starring HEIDRUN FIEDLER | heidrunfiedler.com

Special thanks to ANGELINA KAMP

Shot on KODAK VISION3 50D super 8 film stock

Processing and telecine by Cinelab London, UK

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Features:

* https://retrospectiveofjupiter.com/films/the-beach/

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Screenings:

* Official Selection – 16th Curta 8 Festival Internacional de Cinema Super 8 de Curitiba, 2020, Curitiba, Brazil