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Short film about the creation of one single life.

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Short film about the creation of one single life.

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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    7 Feb 1, 2026

    Using a frankly quite fascinating technique of photography, we spend ten minutes time-lapsing the process of a young chick growing from tiny embryo to tiny feathered creature. At times it just looks like a sequence of photographs, but if you look closely you can see it change, evolve, pulsate and grow before your eyes. A foetus takes shape with it’s minute heart pumping blood through an intricate system of veins, and as they expand the bird takes a more recognisable shape. I’m not sure if the choice of Beethoven’s “Egmont” overture was tongue in cheek or not, but it’s varying pace ranging from the delicate to the rousing complements the intricate imagery splendidly and this makes for really quite a breathtaking watch. The amount of effort that must have been required to get out of that shell, though - this little newborn isn’t as puny as it might look.

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