Split

Student Entrant 2017


SCHOOL
National Film and Television School
CREATOR
John Lau

Description

Split is an interactive microdrama about a soldier, Ros, who is about to go on a mission that she fears will kill her, and who makes a final call back home to her lover, James. However, it turns out that James is actually her sister Tess's boyfriend, and the two share a brief moment together before Tess interrupts them, mistakenly thinking the call is for her. Ros must then continue two conversations simultaneously, and the player must decide at crucial points who to talk to and who to ignore.

Told via instant messaging and a skype interface, Split encourages the player to consider their moral intuitions under pressure. How should Ros spend your last moments with her loved ones? Should she keep her secret or confess and risk tearing them apart?


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