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The National Gallery is collaborating with the London Film School on 'Transcriptions: LFS Shorts', an innovative new project which involves second term students producing short 3-4 minute films inspired by the Gallery’s collection as part of their course.
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From the film-maker:
The painting conveys a strong feeling of loneliness to me. The bird obviously loses its freedom, but the girl is in a similar situation. She looks vacantly, is bored, and doesn’t know where to go. I wondered if there is another person in the film who is bound, and if I put the bird and him together, the interaction between them would be interesting.
Teng Li Chun
A piece inspired by Jacob Maris, A Girl feeding a Bird in a Cage,about 1867
The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN