The Sun Shines: The Film
The Sun Shines, Having No Alternative, On the Nothing New.
"The Sun Shines, Having No Alternative, On the Nothing New." is an essay film dedicated to all those things that we thought would have happened, could have happened, and never happened. An attempt at a lyrical narrative and a piece of visual poetry, the film - in its creator's humble hope - aims to limit its use of traditional narrative and conveys its theme using instead direct visual metaphors.
We hope you - whoever you may be and however you stumbled across this film - enjoy it and find these 20 minutes, even if just a little, worthwhile.
Written, Directed & Edited by: Kevin Tian
Produced by: Kevin Tian, Jason Liu, Alex McFetridge, Leo Chang
Cinematography & Coloring by: Jason Liu
Assitant Directors: Jason Liu, Alex McFetridge, Leo Chang
Starring: Cassidy Wheatcroft, Sam Skolrood, Alastair Pitts, Hayden Davies
Edited by: Kevin Tian, Leo Chang, Jason Liu
Music Used:
"Ascent", "Elevation", "Overcast", "Erupting Light" by Hildur Gudnadottir, from album "Without Sinking", 2009 Touch, "Overcast" sound recording by WMG, [Merlin] PIAS; "Elevation" & "Erupting Light" sound recording by [Merlin] KudosRecords
"Strokur" by Hildur Gudnadottir, from album "Saman", 2014 Touch
"Aphelion" by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, from album "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)", 2011 Null, sound recording by WMG, [Merlin] PIAS
"Lady Labyrinth" by Ludovico Einaudi, from album "Nightbook", 2004 Ludovico Einaudi, sound recording by Believe Music, Ponderosa Music & Arts, IODA
"Love Theme II" by Shigeru Umebayashi, from album "The Grandmaster (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)", 2013 Lakeshore Records,
"Opening" by Philip Glass, from album "Glassworks - Expanded Edition", 1982, 1987 Sony BMG Music Entertainment, sound recording by SME
and an Original Song:
"My Own Path" by Cassidy Wheatcroft
This short film is created by students. No commercial gain is made from this film. We do not intend to breach copyrights.