Typography and motion graphic design
For “Short Story Long” 漫漫長短
A film by Carrie Shen
28 mins
預告片 Trailer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oI69FXLt9M電影概要 Synopsis :
2019年的社會運動後，大批港人移民英國。電影記錄了五對陌生人的通話，對話者來自相同的創作範疇，藝術、戲劇、電影、寫作、音樂，如今卻分隔異地。文化工作從來不是主流，隨時代邃變，空間更加收窄，但離去後也未必是海闊天空。一邊倫敦，一邊香港，他們踱步或閒站熟悉與陌生的行人天橋、咖啡室、車站、天台，用母語、暗示與遲疑交代生活和創作。這邊夜晩，那邊日頭，當中的離愁與去意，躊躇與期盼，失落與寬慰，交織成這個時代的兩地書。
In the aftermath of the social movement in 2019, a large number of Hong Kongers immigrated to the United Kingdom. This film documents conversations between five pairs of strangers. They are separated by distance, yet connected by the same artistic pursuit in art, drama, film, literature, and music. As the seasons change, those who stay behind face further challenges to create art outside of the mainstream while the walls continue to close in on them. However, no future is guaranteed even if they leave. Flipping through pages of Hong Kong and London, the participating artists talk to each other in their mother tongue with implications perhaps only they will truly understand. Among the most familiar yet unfamiliar places—a bridge, a rooftop, a cafe and a station, as different as night and day, they reveal their hesitation or expectation, disappointment or comfort, sorrow or possibly even a change of heart as the first light seeps into the sky.