Fade to Black is a stop motion video that was created by, Amer Al Barzawi. This short film focuses on a Syrian woman who grew up happily in Syria but later shows how drastically her life changes for the worse. In the beginning of the video, the woman is wearing brightly coloured clothes and looks joyful. Behind her is a background of a bright blue sky, sun, clouds and birds.There is also happy music and birds chirping being played. Everything seems to be going great until suddenly it starts thundering and dark clouds appear. Quickly, the sun and birds disappear and the background turns completely black. The video goes from being bright and happy, to dark and depressing.
At one point in the video, there is a clip showing the woman being yelled at by a man, and what appears to be broken pieces leaving her. I believe this is a symbol showing that this woman's dreams, hopes, and freedom are now being taken away from her; leaving her to be controlled by the man. Later, another mean looking man puts a niqab on her, which she's struggling to get out of, and tries reaching out for help, but no one is there for her. She is now forced to obey their rules. The happy woman at the beginning of the video is now a terrified and helpless woman with no individuality or identity. Unfortunately, there's not much we can do except welcome the Syrian refugees to our country, and send out help. It's truly sad.
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