Introspection is a one-woman short film that explores the elusive nature of dreams, their meaning, their transience, and the question of whether they truly mirror our reality. The project began as a personal fixation: an attempt to memorize every fragment of my dreams, convinced they carried messages about my future. But over time, I’ve come to accept that dreams aren’t prophetic. What they reveal isn’t the future, but ourselves, our fears, longings, guilt, and curiosities.
I drew upon psychological vocabulary from Sigmund Freud’s writings, layering it with ambient audio and found footage from the Internet Archive, then merging it with my own filming style and color grading to create an eerie, liminal aesthetic that mirrors the disjointed yet intimate quality.
Still, dreams never quite make sense. Much like this film I produced & that’s what fascinates me. No two dreams feel the same, yet there’s one universal thread: that indescribable sensation in the final moments before waking, the blurred line between reality and imagination. This is my attempt to hold onto that fleeting feeling.
