Mirror Circle

by Thomas McCarthy

When an employment opportunity with a network marketing company emerges, Eve is quickly drawn into the fold. But as fiction becomes truth, and truth becomes fiction, the benevolent organisation soon starts reflecting the very cult she lost her mother to decades earlier. Is the past destined to repeat itself, or is it possible to break the loop?

Forest Soundscape

Garden Soundscape

Nest Soundscape

Because of the fluid structure and how scenes blended into each other, sound was crucial in signifying these transitions through the use of abstract and liminal sound design. For example, the forest is conveyed through mangled tree creaks, granular textures and ominous synth drones. Each soundscape was constructed via dense layering and spatial effects to immerse the audience.

Certain sequences were accentuated through the use of original music. Two key moments were the club scene, which featured aggressive electro house music, and the final scene, which included a melancholic string piece with slowly shifting chords as the forest silently fades into nothingness.

 Push

 Breaking the Circle

Photos by Ella Tomlin