Feast

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  Feast

Inspiration

The idea came from observing how everyday feasts—family dinners, formal banquets, even work gatherings—often carry invisible structures of power and belonging. I noticed how seats are assigned, how speech flows, how roles are performed. These rituals, though casual, are loaded with unspoken rules.

What it does

This work examines how individuals are gradually seen, adjusted, and normalized through subtle processes of socialization—until they become members deemed fit to stay. The dinner table acts as a compressed social system, where identity is assigned, emotion regulated, and order reproduced. In this ritual of conformity, to be accepted is to be alienated: belonging demands a departure from one’s authentic self.

How we built it

I built the film around a single table as the main narrative stage—designed as both a physical space and a metaphorical power structure. The gestures are planned to reflect mechanical rituals; the floral headpieces were created to embody identities that are cultivated, decorative, and fragile.

Challenges we ran into

The hardest challenge was designing gestures and visuals that could feel metaphorical without becoming cliché—keeping the tone surreal, yet grounded.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I'm proud that Feast maintains specific visual language while addressing complex questions around identity, conformity, and power. Every element—the flower heads, the table, the food, the gestures—works as part of the system.

What we learned

I learned how to make structure visible—without naming it. We also discovered that some of the strongest emotions (shame, hesitation, submission) can be told through pause and stillness, not expression. Most importantly, we saw how a single metaphor—the table—can carry an entire world.

What's next for Feast

I plan to develop Feast into a modular series of ultra-short experimental films, each centered on a key rite-of-passage banquet: a first birthday, a coming-of-age dinner, a wedding feast, and more.

Built With

• capcut