The Dhust – Meet the Micro-Sized People Who Make Our World Go Round
By Reilly Wisniewski The Dhust is an extremely creative animated short that focuses on the micro-sized people that make our world go round. The talented director that helmed this, Bianca Pietersz, produced this film entirely during the pandemic. Her first animated short, The Dhust, starts off by showing us two scientists watching Albert Einstein struggling over his work. Enter the Dhusts, who help Einstein uncover the world’s...
Student Film Asks that We Save the Bees and Save the Planet
By Reilly Wisniewski The short film from Brigid Donahue, Save the Bees Save the Planet, offers everything you want to know about the current state of the bee population. Right away I’m drawn to the pieces of art created by the filmmaker. It’s such an easy way to show off talent and artistry. I love that the film incorporates direct quotes and statements from scholarly sources. Donahue does a good job of showing the importance of the...
Sha’Quiel Smith’s Problem Solver: Can Clean Mobility’s Potential Outweigh Its Current Circumstance?
By Sean Hendrickson Electric vehicles are among our most promising options for clean mobility. However, deeply rooted fossil fuel institutions and microchip shortages are threatening its future popularity. This is a very short video clocking in at one minute and forty-four seconds (hence the short review), but it manages to reasonably compact a complex situation regarding electric vehicles. We know driving them is efficient, but what...
From Bard Conservatory: Benjamin Hochman Plays Bach and Beethoven
By Sean Hendrickson I want to preface this review by saying that I do not have any experience with piano, nor classical music in general. I do, however, study music recording and its production, so I will do my best to build my opinion based on those two facts.Benjamin Hochman was born in Jerusalem in 1980, and began launching his music career by studying piano at the Conservatory of the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem. Since then, he...
Learning New Ways on Summer Days
By Tanner Sell Summer Days is a short film from Director Isue Shin that tackles ideas of emotional maturity for a high school student who is just coming of age. We come across these emotions alongside the student firsthand and view, with no words needed, the personal revelations that occur. Isue Shin pushes us to question the fleeting nature of these moments and poses the consequences of putting a box around them with names. ...
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