Because age is always only just a number.
People can relate to an incredible story, and that’s why this short presented by The Lincoln Motor Company blew me away. In a series called, “In the Moment”, The Lincoln Motor Company partnered with Vimeo and independent filmmakers to create a visual based around a single message: find your moment, and live in it.
This particular short directed by Diego Contreras and shot by Khalid Mohtasseb was a great example of how far stories can go, even in advertising. There’s something so ethereal and honest in this, and it’s no secret that I have a soft spot for voice-overs of any kind. Really, really well-done.
The day my eyes were opened, I see now
My shadows were not my friends
They were impersonators sent to fool me
I pulled them close, and they pulled me away from everything I had dear
But you came, and chased my shadows into the light
And there we danced, to melodies I thought had vanished
| I first got the idea for the film when I read an article about a blackout in LA in 1994 where people called 911 reporting these strange clouds floating in the sky, those clouds where in fact the Milky Way. It made me think about how the lights from cities have made many of us lose our connection to the night sky. We live in a fast paced man-made world whereby it is all too easy for us to become disconnected from the natural world around us, isolated from what is actually real. There are many other aspects of the human condition that this film could touch upon which could make its’ intentions appear somewhat complicated, but is essence the film’s agenda could not be more simple; to inspire people to get away from the city lights, go somewhere quiet on a star-filled night and simply look up.