SOLIPSIST is a three part psychedelic fantasy short film about otherworldly beings whose minds and bodies converge into one entity. Filled with elaborate costumes, stunning visual effects, and underwater puppets, the film is a non-narrative purely visual/audio experience designed to transport viewers through a hypnotic, dream-like experience. It consists of three parts, each featuring visually fantastic characters and creatures that converge with each other in surreal ways. The film concludes by featuring all three segments combine into a colorful, psychedelic finale.
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This was the winner of the jury prize at the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival for Experimental Short. Slamdance, not to be confused with Sundance is an independent film makers festival held in Utah
Andrew Huang directed the video. Based in L.A he is an experimental film maker and commercial and music. video director. the concept for the video is based on an alternative theory to Solipsism, a philosophical theory that maintains that only one's own mind is sure to exist. The external world and other minds cannot be known, and might not exist outside the mind.
"The isolation of this theory inspired me to imagine a counter-hypothesis – a world in which living beings are not constrained by a singular experience, rather, the characters in this film are constantly merging into one another, forming a collective consciousness through unison of their minds and bodies." Huang wrote on his kickstarter page "The visual style of the film is also an integral part of the film’s concept. My goal is to create a film that is extremely colorful and playful in its materials with an emphasis on practical special effects, costumes and puppetry. "
How did he do it? Watch the making of here
The production and soundtrack are also gorgeous.
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