Connect

Connect is a 2010 ten minuet short film directed by Samuel Abrahams. The film revolves around a young woman fed up with the lack of empathy and emotion in the city and how heavily technology is relied on between human interactions. This is made clear as no one speaks int he short film and everyone is using some kind of electronic device. The woman is waiting for the bus in a dark crowded area and when the bus arrives everyone pushes past each other to get on it and  everyone tries to get a seat without thinking about anyone else so the woman is left to stand. The shots are quite quick and have many cuts to make it feel like we are living in this stimulated world where no one cares about anyone else. The woman puts her headphones on which is symbolic of her trying to escape reality. As the music gets louder we see the woman imagining things happen on the bus like a man pulling out a gun and shooting someone but then the music stops and we go back to reality. the same occurs when we see computers come to life and start dancing. We then see her have a romantic interaction with a man who she stands next to and as the music increases their hands touch and then they pull apart and it stops. This shows that in modern day society we have lost touch with each other and we nee to reconnect hence the title.