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.
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Ou DingdingDirectorAbnormalities : Dictionary
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Xiaoyi YangWriterAbnormalities : Dictionary
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Qihu QiuProducerAbnormalities : Dictionary
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Zhe YuanProducer
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Bateer LiuKey Cast"Woodcutter"Abnormalities : Dictionary
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YISHI bandOriginal Score
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Ou DingdingProduction Design
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Logan WongCinematography
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Hong LeeSet Design
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Project Title (Original Language):寻隐者不遇
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:7 minutes 8 seconds
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Completion Date:February 20, 2019
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Production Budget:80,000 CNY
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Country of Origin:China
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Country of Filming:China
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Language:Chinese
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Indie Short FestLA
United States
April 1, 2019
China
Indie Short Fest - Best Fantasy Short
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.
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.