OrBe
format: archival
length: 3 minutes 25 seconds
kill or be killed; a visual parable. 2020 and beyond
found footage of a grizzly bear hunting a moose, filmed by a group of hunters and posted to youtube. set to Ballads by jid feat conway the machine
"...created in part by chance. I was going down a YouTube rabbit hole of wildlife videos, and I came across this hunter who uploaded a video of a bear hunting a moose. It was so naturally cinematic that I wanted to see if I could apply a narrative arc to the footage without manipulating the content. So, I found a song that synced with the video both sonically and thematically, and I cropped the video to only include what I felt was the dramatic center of the chase. And when I completed it, the vibe and the energy felt very reminiscent of the energy in Atlanta during the pandemic when I was still living down there. So it ended up being a roundabout way for me to channel those emotions" - Yusef Ferguson
Official Selection: Transfiguration Film Festival