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Fourth-year art history student Yimeng Yuan&#039;s short film &quot;The Melancholy of March&quot; follows a young child on a family picnic during which he interacts with a ghost his father cannot see. Despite the supernatural turn, Yuan said the film takes a lighthearted tone through the children&#039;s interactions while also exploring a strained father-child relationship. (Xuxin Zhang/Daily Bruin)

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This post was updated Feb. 26 at 4:48 p.m. An Instagram comic depicting a ghost intent on taking out the trash inspired the plot of Yimeng Yuan’s video, “The Melancholy of March.” Jumping off the idea of an adorable ghost, the fourth-year art history student is directing a three-minute video following a father and his 8-year-old child on a picnic.

https://dailybruin.com/2019/02/24/upcoming-student-film-tells-a-ghost-story-centered-on-childlike-innocence/

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Upcoming student film tells a ghost story centered on childlike innocence

By Hannah Ferguson

Feb. 24, 2019 11:13 p.m.