Private Project

FOR AN ABSENT RECLUSE

In 231 AD during the Three Kingdoms period, a woodcutter trekked into the hills for firewood.He got lost halfway and found a strange hut. Odd things occured in the hut again and again. The woodcutter decided to discovery what happened.

  • Ou Dingding
    Director
    Abnormalities : Dictionary
  • Xiaoyi Yang
    Writer
    Abnormalities : Dictionary
  • Qihu Qiu
    Producer
    Abnormalities : Dictionary
  • Zhe Yuan
    Producer
  • Bateer Liu
    Key Cast
    "Woodcutter"
    Abnormalities : Dictionary
  • YISHI band
    Original Score
  • Ou Dingding
    Production Design
  • Logan Wong
    Cinematography
  • Hong Lee
    Set Design
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    寻隐者不遇
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 8 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 20, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    80,000 CNY
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Indie Short Fest
    LA
    United States
    April 1, 2019
    China
    Indie Short Fest - Best Fantasy Short
Director Biography - Ou Dingding

Ou Dingding, a young Chinese director and photographer, known for his fantasy series "ABNORMAL.M4V" and " FM ABNORMAL", of which the episode "FOR AN ABSENT RECLUSE" won the Indie Short Fest Best Fantasy Short Award.

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Director Statement

In our daily life, people are tend to diversion by petty things from the truth behind, just like the woodcutter in the episode "FOR AN ABSENT RECLUSE", who believed that there must be something wrong with the “person” inside the room, when the “room” was in fact the problem itself. I’ve been thinking, what limited our observation and minds? Perhaps it is obstinacy.
Obstinacy, or the obsession with a wrong idea, is probably the most "time-wasting" thing man has ever done. The story told in this episode found its mythological origin in Wang Zhi, the Woodcutter, from the Tales of Strange Matters, written in China’s Southern Dynasty (420~589). To retain the vintage taste, the story was recounted in black and white through the changing frame to indicate the passage of time.Obstinacy, or the obsession with a wrong idea, is probably the most "time-wasting" thing man has ever done. The story told in this episode found its mythological origin in Wang Zhi, the Woodcutter, from the Tales of Strange Matters, written in China’s Southern Dynasty (420~589). To retain the vintage taste, the story was recounted in black and white and complemented by frame designs to indicate the passage of time.