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You Are Here Curates Lockdown Film that Spans the Globe

29/05/2020
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Global collaborative film project 'How The Light Gets In' was shot remotely during the 2020 lockdown

You Are Here have created a short film about life under lockdown, shot remotely, using their team of directors around the world. Instead of trying to document all aspects of the experience they focus on one theme - ‘beauty in isolation’

YAH founder, Jeremy Goold comments: ‘It’s a deliberately visceral, poetic impression of our quarantined lives in different cities, in different countries but focusing on hope and inspiration found in our immediate surroundings, the ephemeral and mundane fabric of our lives, the details we're learning to see in a different light under lockdown.’

In the spirit of ‘We’re all in this together’ he notes, ‘We loved the idea of making a cinematic response to the virus, and approaching it as a collective project. Each director contributing footage that speaks to them personally, and has their stamp on it, but which could contribute towards a single organically- edited short film. From the outset, we started thinking long and hard about how to not let the pandemic depress us all too much - and we decided to curate a Corona Project to keep us focused and united.’

The film is both beautiful and emotive, as the cinematic visuals, combined with a haunting soundtrack, remind us of the conflicting beauty and isolation of the current crisis. Both of the gifts that we have been given, during this time of reflection and that which have been taken from us, as we wait for a return to ‘normal’.

Jeremy further comments: ‘We created the overall brief, with each director challenged to shoot remotely, accounting for each territory’s specific restrictions. All of the footage was then collated, often dealing with painfully slow transfer services. We worked with industry leading post talent, to edit, colour, create the soundtrack, titles etc, all working from their own homes. It’s a real demonstration of what can be achieved during these unprecedented times!

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