Small Talk | A new couple debate spending lockdown together

On the eve of the pandemic and new couple must decide if they will stay together through the lockdown. Made entirely in lockdown.

A Still Motion Animation Short Film developed by Far Away Films
http://www.farawayfilms.co.uk/

Cast & Crew:
Grace Englert
Matty McCabe

Writer & Director – Oscar Albert
Co-Creator – Alexis Osborne
Executive Producer – Daniel Chirstophersen
Grader – Fyras Sliaman
Music – Isaac Gracie

Small Talk, was never intended to be a film about Covid-19 although the presence of a looming lockdown is the catalyst forcing a new couple into making a difficult decision. Ultimately this leads to something more interesting and a battle between two romantic personas – a fantasist and a realist. 

The still motion animation style of the film follows its function. Small Talk was made in lockdown, with minimal people involved and therefore is a self-constructed romantic fantasy made in relative isolation. The dreams of both characters, and the filmmakers who made them, can never ascend the little room where they find themselves trapped.