Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis reflects upon my personal experience as a filmmaker. For months, I didn't have any motivation nor inspiration to initiate and execute my own personal projects that I felt passionate about. Or, I could even say that I did not give myself enough time and space to be motivated or inspired since I was too caught up in unnecessary worries and pessimism. I was at a point where I slowly started to distance myself from filmmaking and the creative process in general, thus enabling myself to fall into a creative rut.

I hit the bottom, and nothing seemed possible to be done for me to break free from it. I struggled for quite a long time, and I was tired. I'd had enough. So, I decided to finally do something, the only thing that seemed doable in that moment: forcing myself to get up and go make a film about my situation. Literally addressing and confronting the problem itself head-on.

With the help of talented crew members that helped me bring my vision to life and my mentors and friends who gave me useful advices and suggestions, a dedicated month of production had passed, and Metamorphosis came to life, a film about the creative block itself. It translates a creative's agony into dance movements and communicates the ambiguity and the severity of a creative block through the portrayal of the person's gradual downfall and the inability to escape.

The making of this film, the entire journey was an incredible healing and learning process. Not only it helped me overcome the creative block I was struggling in but also made me feel refreshed and motivated more than ever with new ideas and new insights. It taught me so many valuable lessons and even helped me solidify my path as a filmmaker from this point on, and I cannot be more grateful for this journey and the experiences I had.