Carrier | Short Film Nominee

Short Film Nominee October 2, 2021

Carrier

By Brandon Smallwood with 6.3

drama · Short Films · english

The short narrative offers an interesting mingling of visuals with music to offer a story completely devoid of all dialogue, barring a few words exchanged over cellphones. Amidst this is the life of two men who are struggling to make ends meet. When they find themselves pushed further against the wall due to financial trouble, they decide to execute a robbery and make some quick cash.

However, things go south faster than they could have anticipated, leaving the protagonist in a complex situation. It is by portraying these characters and the decisions they choose to make that Carrier presents its intentions to the audience. There is further the attempt to bring in a quirkiness of colors and other similar elements to enhance itself.

The most notable aspect of the film remains its background score that strives to fill the lacuna left behind by the lack of conversations between the characters. The final result endeavors to define itself within the peripheries of a silent film, perhaps also explaining the aforementioned absence of verbal exchanges, which may sometimes appear a little incompatible with the rest of the narrative.
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