FILM
This film was created as part of a Communications Lab project at NYUAD. The 30 Minutes Film Festival (30MFF) consists of a small competition between different groups formed by the Communication Lab students. The ultimate goal is to film a short movie.
The goal of this experiment was to film a short clip in 30 minutes. All the planning, script making, recording, and post editing took place within those 30 minutes. In this case, Snapchat was used as an easy and fast method of film editing, as it allows for instant compilation of all individual clips.
This film is about optimism. The different characters experience changes in their mood, as well as changes in their perception of everyday concerns. All this changes are triggered by the same object, which represents how everyone can change their perspective with just a little hope.
Senior student at NYUAD. Roberto Lescrauwaet is majoring in SRPP. Roberto’s passions include listening to music and writing. He believes that music is a great way to escape from our daly rutines, and it ultimately gives sense to our lives by providing us with small moment of pleasure. Roberto is also very passionate about nature and outdoor activities, such as camping.
Superpower: “I am Ecuadorian”.
Junior student at NYUAD. Maya Zuckerman is majoring in Fim and New media. Aside from her outstanding academic career, Maya also loves to play basketball in her free time. Maya also feels passionate about the little pleasures in life such as food, and more specifically passion fruits. She believes that anyone’s mood can be greatly increased through the sense of taste.
Superpower: Speaks Japanese fluently.
Senior student at NYUAD. Pedro Zufiria is majoring in Electrical Engineering, but his interests also expand to other disciplines like visual arts and interactive media. Astronomy and insect taxidermy are some of his secret passions, and as a result, he spends great amounts of time watching documentaries related to this topics.
Superpower: Optimism
“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”
“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.”
“Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.”
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
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Pedro G. Zufiria Gerbolés
Class of 2017
New York University Abu Dhabi
Saadiyat Island
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