Date of Submission

Winter 2024

Academic Program

Film and Electronic Arts

Project Advisor 1

Brent Green

Abstract/Artist's Statement

Artist Statement

Szilard Schroff

Tuning (Senior project)

12.09.2024

This short film is a brief portrait of Michael Lynam and his private inner world from my point of view. He is representing the struggles of humanity and my ideology about connection and love. The main beat of the film is grief which represents the simple fact that we never run out of problems, we’ll always have things to solve and worry about, but we are all able to choose how we react. Life is a challenging, never ending journey that each of us views, experiences differently, but we all share the same boat in terms of facing difficulties and challenges. Due to the individual viewpoints we tend to forget that so we might become lonely and hopeless. In today's world we tend to be hyper individualistic which kills the only thing that could help us understand ourselves and live our lives better than ever which is connection; connection between each other and connection to nature and the natural. In my work, nature is a metaphor of natural harmony and peace while piano tuning is a metaphor of materialism and ego. The piano symbolizes an organic connection between the two while the tuning is the managing of life. The kids and home are symbolizing love and compassion which we were made of just like nature. This film is not educational, neither wants to be great or showy. It's just like we are; a naturally born entity, ready to connect.

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