Hess(11:09)STUDENT FILM
by Lisa Simmons 1:47 pm SLC - ROOM 115 |
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Description: The year 2020 has created a dysphoria of emotions and experiences. This range of human expression has been challenging to manage overcome and triumph. Hess the stunning CinePoem drama created and directed by Lisa Simmons confronts these issues in usual and unusual pictorial images.
We enter her world which includes love, honor, tragedy and recovery. This short excursion journey, the director exposes the viewer to allow the raw senses that human spirit encounters to be felt in earnest. The active creation of daily activities allows the viewer to move into the scenes as if the character is us was us.
We all desire recognition and the exposure to human expression of love and compassion. Hess embodies the truth, the reality of life and love during dark moments that existence offers. The foremost triumph is the sharing of life’s emotions with each other to become more than a conqueror.
We enter her world which includes love, honor, tragedy and recovery. This short excursion journey, the director exposes the viewer to allow the raw senses that human spirit encounters to be felt in earnest. The active creation of daily activities allows the viewer to move into the scenes as if the character is us was us.
We all desire recognition and the exposure to human expression of love and compassion. Hess embodies the truth, the reality of life and love during dark moments that existence offers. The foremost triumph is the sharing of life’s emotions with each other to become more than a conqueror.
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Filmmaker Bio:
Director, and Filmmaker Lisa Simmons, a native from Washington D.C., was also a longtime resident of London, England. The concept behind her films visually tells the story, while at the same time she seeks to create films that catch the intended viewer's eye and heart. When it comes to cinematography, she is a philosopher of aesthetics. After studying dance at the Duke Ellington School for the Performing Arts in Washington DC, Lisa moved to London to pursue her dance career at The Place London School of Contemporary Dance. However, early in her studies an injury prevented further development, and performance in her chosen artistic field. She caught the filmmaking bug while working on a production as a production assistant, and realized she could do the job if given the chance. Lisa pursued a degree in film which turned from one into two film degrees. Her previous thinking during her dance career was that she was the movement and now she was capturing movement; “it is an amazing feeling to choreograph, and direct movement, and be able to capture it on film.” Lisa holds a BFA in film and video, and a Master of Fine Arts in film from Howard University in 2020. Her thesis film “HESS” received numerous post-graduate accolades, and in March 2021 was nominated for and received the prestigious Paul Robeson Student Awards for Best Director and Best Film. |
