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Sick, Blue Sea

Director: Lizzy Rose
Year: 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Type: Short
Form: Experimental

Lizzy’s final completed video work explores nausea and environmental concerns through a tumblr blog narrated by a sick teenage sperm whale.

It can be a bit lonely down there in the deep blue sea.

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Image description: A Tumblr screenshot against a background of blue, foamy water. The screenshot shows a post being written by ‘sickbabyblue’: ‘She isn’t really expecting anyone to read it. She might share it with some of her friends. Anyway it is nice to have somewhere to unload her thoughts. It would be cool if other whales read it she supposes; maybe they will have had similar experiences? It can be a bit lonely down there in the deep blue sea.’