“The Student” is a short film that explores the heightened stress and anxiety surrounding the college workload. For many students in the audience as well as the actress herself, the concept of this film is all too relatable. Although most NYU students care about their academics, sometimes it turns into extreme stress, panic attacks, or hopelessness. This film depicts all of the above, but also plays with the idea that there is an escape. The quick jump to the meditation scene suggests that there is more to life than just studying and schoolwork; self care and relaxation is imperative.
To create this film, she used an iPhone 6s and edited it using iMovie software.
Originally from Los Angeles, California, Director Brennan Hart is in her second year at New York University. She is currently studying Human Rights & Journalism in the Gallatin School of Individualized Studies. This is her first experience directing and working in film production, although she has previously studied the packaging of social justice issues through documentary film.