creative crossing

“An average person spends 2.6 minutes per hour / 62 minutes per day / 5 years of life waiting for things.” – those are the opening words of the synopsis for this 1-minute short film. Written and directed by the Bosnian / Vietnamese duo Denis Leo Hegic and Thuan Te and filmed with the always beautiful visuals of a super 8 camera.

It is a simple, modest film – a LITTLE film about a guy waiting for a bus in a typical London industrial neighborhood. But it tickles our minds and questions our own perceptions of time.

The change of the movie speed (first 30 seconds reserved for very long and slow shots followed by a 30 seconds action sequence) stands also for the change of the main character: the transformation from a silent, insecure nerd into a wild and creative artist.

The title “Substop” suggests that all this could be happening just in his head – as a subconscious process, but that is not a primary issue, since the message of this little film is: “As long as you are listening to the silent ideas in your head” there is no such time as wasted time.

Watch the movie here (www.sub-stop.co.uk/watch.html)