Study for a jungle (in times of pandemic) 2026
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A short synopsis
The film, shot largely during lockdown, is a quintessential lockdown movie, made in the creator's back garden. At the same time it's trying to pull off an audacious trompe-l'œil by suggesting it was shot somewhere far far away, altogether more vast and exotic. The viewer will have to be the judge of whether it succeeds.
A short film, that to steal a phrase Jean-Luc Godard once used about one of his own films, feels like it was found on a scrap heap. To be precise, the film was made from camera tests used for the basis of another film.
Shot on a modified handheld camera that can only see infrared light, the images were a test in producing a much more naturally organic digital aesthetic, something new, alien, somewhat other worldly.
The film, shot largely during lockdown, is a quintessential lockdown movie—trying to pull off the audacious feat of suggesting an exotic natural location while actually being shot in a tiny 2x4-meter patch of the creator's back garden. You'll have to be the judge of whether it succeeds in this game of trompe-l'œil.
Credits
Director Adam Jones
Editor Adam Jones
Cinematography Adam Jones
Composer Adam Jones
Sound editor Adam Jones
Technical specs
Press materials
- Stills (ZIP) Request
- Poster Request
- Press kit / EPK (PDF) Request
- Completion Date 11 Mar, 2026
- Premiere Date 14 Mar, 2026
- Premiere Location Centro Cultural Montecarmelo, Santiago Chile, for the exhibition 'El volcán, la ballena y otros mundos'
- Release Date 14 Mar, 2026
- Image Type Live Action
- Project Type Experimental Short
