Throughout ‘eleven : twenty-nine’ I encoded a few different small details that symbolise things of importance to the story however, some are a little convoluted and are there to ‘serve the story’.
The 5 Tally Marks – The 5 Tally marks on my hand are there to symbolise the age in which people often gain consciousness for the first time and become self-aware of their own existence in the world reflecting myself at the beginning of my experimental film which I gain consciousness for the first time in this dream-like world.
The 6 Tally Marks at the end – After passing the coin to the ghost I have 6 tally marks instead of 5 showing that the cycle is once again repeating itself, in numerology the number 6 has emotional meanings specifically empathy allowing me to let my guard down and be honest which is why I thank the ghost afterwards.
The Apple – An Apple is complex symbol with a variety of meanings. It can mean love, knowledge wisdom, joy, death and/or luxury. In the case of my film, it represents the process of death and how short life is. This is shows after I take a bite out of the apple that was laying on top of the grave showing how people capitalize on the dead, the next shot of the apple it is already a core and then when it’s placed back onto the grave, the apple is stitched back together with staples showing how bodies are handled after death.
The Coin – The coin in my film that appears after the apple is buried is a literal representation of money and capitalism and how we just consume goods even if we don’t need them (this is also the reason why ‘EAT’ is written on my hand)
The Sunglasses – The sunglasses are a sign for my soul which is transferred when I hand them to the ghost