NYCT

Based on the theme of magical realism, NYCT is a silent, experimental, non-narrative short film that tells the story of a man walking through a quiet alleyway. As he approaches his home, a faulty streetlamp goes out, triggering his phobia of darkness, also known as Nyctophobia. He soon finds his consciousness lost in a made-up world as he desperately tries to escape into the light and away from the darkness.

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The idea behind this graduation film was to develop a stop-motion short on a minimal budget and to experiment with multiple materials. The main characters were made from Papier-mâché, and all the sets were created using various materials ranging from cardboard to cement.