Only a Test is an experimental short film produced during the Covid-19 pandemic in Portugal and therefore fully indoors. Faced with the posed reality and in the case of a disturbance never seen in the modern era, there was a need to comply with the limitation criteria established by public health agencies, from which we all become hostages of our own routines.
Strongly influenced by the psychedelic MTV commercials from the 90s, the film wants to disturb the viewer with the use of graphic elements, often misunderstood, associated with a repulsive soundtrack with the excessive use of synthesizers, screams and random whispers, which makes the viewer feel uncomfortable.
In the beginning, the warning of an imminent nuclear attack accompanied by a deafening warning siren prepares what is to come in the next four minutes. Why is a seemingly peaceful city, on a sunny day, is being invaded by a giant doll head with huge metallic paws?
Written, directed and edited by Marcos Kontze
