The limits of the world

The limits of the world is not a film driven by action or plot twists — it’s a film-state, an immersive cinematic meditation.

Per the director’s vision, we chose a maximally naturalistic look with no film emulations or vintage filters whatsoever. The goal was to draw the viewer closer to raw reality rather than crafting an artificial, stylized atmosphere. At the same time, every scene represents a distinct emotional state of the heroine — and much of that inner world is conveyed precisely through color and meticulously calibrated tonality.

The film features a diverse array of locations and times of day, relying mostly on natural lighting. One of our key challenges — and achievements — was to blend them together so seamlessly that transitions feel almost imperceptible. Each frame subtly flows into the next: colors shift in tiny, barely noticeable ways, gently carrying the viewer from one scene to another. 

We joked among ourselves that this is an anti-matched movie. Yet we managed to create a truly fluid, stream-like viewing experience — where an overcast day melts into blazing sunlight, drifts into twilight, and finally dissolves into night, all without ever breaking the hypnotic flow.

Since the film was shot primarily in a park, we devoted a lot of effort to working with various shades of green in every scene. One of our main challenges was to “unstick” or diversify the characteristic green cast from the Sony camera sensor — transforming that flat, uniform green into a rich, broad palette of green tones ranging from near-yellow warms to cool bluish-greens. This created natural depth and visual interest in the foliage and environment without it feeling monotonous or artificial.

At the same time, on skin tones we carefully removed any unwanted green reflections and casts (those subtle green bounces from surrounding leaves and grass), as they tended to pull focus away from the heroine’s emotions and expressions. By neutralizing these distracting reflexes, we kept the viewer’s attention locked on the subtle nuances of performance and inner state, ensuring the skin looked clean, natural, and emotionally resonant.