The project:
SCREENMAXING (AT) is a short concept thriller. In a society where everyone is fighting for attention, a young inconspicuous woman wants to win the eyes and ears of the masses. Lisa creates videos on social media but doesn't get noticed, no matter how much effort she puts in. She gets to the bottom of the matter, reads attention studies and informs herself about human psychology. But as she searches for information to make her voice louder, she gets lost in the attention of others and ultimately loses herself.
We:
are indieStudios, a department of the Research Association for Electronic Media. We are an association at the Ilmenau University of Technology. Our team consists of 15+ people, including veterans with film experience as well as new students. Our goals: To create art to be proud of and to learn about filmmaking. For this reason, we also have a film technique that can be shown.
Contact: Fritz
LISA (18W):
The protagonist is a high school student with a youthful passion to make the world a better place. For this reason, she buys a camera, a ring light and records a message in her poorly lit children's room that is intended to change the world. After several takes, various scripts and editing attempts, the fear remains that no one will see the video. So she goes to the library, picks up studies on attention and psychology and doggedly forces herself to read through everything. Her concentration crumbles. The slightest disturbance distracts her, annoyed, she has to start again, her focus tamed once more. But one distraction is followed by another and her attention splits into countless pieces. Unable to concentrate on one thing, she stumbles out of the library. The distractions remain. She finds it difficult just to walk. She stumbles through the world, paying attention to everything at once, but no longer noticing anything until the distractions finally overwhelm her.