Take #2

Running time: 8'

Two women – one mature, the other very young, positioned symmetrically in relation to each other, symmetrically dressed. The young woman talks about getting into character, about constructing a personality, about how she becomes that role's persona. She starts to speak in third person: about the actress, about the audition, about the feeling of transparency. The senior woman looks to the side. A suspenseful autothematic situation between an actress and a casting professional – played out with image, short monologue, and silence.

Authors:

  • Thomas A. Østbye

    Thomas A. Østbye, born in 1979, is an artist and film director, working with documentary material in film, photography, and installations. He trained in film editing at the Norwegian Film Scool in Lillehammer. His documentaries have received numerous national and international awards. His short documentary "In your dreams" received numerous awards and nominations. "Veil" from 2008, and the fiction short "Human" from 2009 were also shown at various festivals around the world, while the documentary "Imagining Emanuel" premiered at the Hot Docs festival in Toronto in May 2011.

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