{"id":2178,"date":"2026-04-06T05:43:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bfashow.dmd.uconn.edu\/2026\/?p=2178"},"modified":"2026-04-07T16:29:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T16:29:28","slug":"abandon-all-hope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bfashow.dmd.uconn.edu\/2026\/abandon-all-hope\/","title":{"rendered":"Abandon All Hope"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio uagb-block-vtch0jvd alignwide uagb-is-root-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-7gzwqvxn uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\"><p class=\"uagb-ifb-title-prefix\">Short Film<\/p><h1 class=\"uagb-ifb-title\">Abandon All Hope<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Abandon All Hope - Trailer - Yarnall Paige\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1180353886?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio uagb-block-5d14a065 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div data-aos= \"fade-right\" data-aos-duration=\"400\" data-aos-delay=\"0\" data-aos-easing=\"ease\" data-aos-once=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-4b65b89d\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e0082cf6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-26e8081a\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\"><strong>Paige Yarnall<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-03f5dcbb\"><h3 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">North Branford, CT<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-8ae5a0fe\"><h3 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Advisor: <strong><strong>Justin Liberman<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-6f5037cc\"><h4 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Artist Bio<\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">Paige Yarnall is a writer and filmmaker located in the New York Metropolitan Area. She is currently a student at the University of Connecticut pursuing a B.F.A. in Film &amp; Video Production.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">Yarnall knew her future was in storytelling from a young age when she would craft intricate plots and characters with her action figures. As the years went on, the storylines were no longer acted out with toys, but instead in her mind. Barely a day would go by where she wasn\u2019t mentally working on a story, now with the longing to have them exist on a screen. Heavily inspired by music, her work focuses on character-driven stories in satirical and psychological genres.\u200b Her post-graduation plans are to venture into the Pre-Production and Production side of the industry, focusing on screenwriting. Through this path, her goal is to bring her stories to life and evoke strong emotions in audiences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-aos= \"fade-left\" data-aos-duration=\"400\" data-aos-delay=\"0\" data-aos-easing=\"ease\" data-aos-once=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-787c2033\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-33d869bf wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bfashow.dmd.uconn.edu\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/elementor-placeholder-image-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-1671\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"placeholder-image\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio uagb-block-f6f9c3e4 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-899e302d\"><h4 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Artist Statement<\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><em>Abandon All Hope<\/em> is a psychological melodrama exploring the dark side of faith. The core of the story revolves around the loneliness of mental illness that births both delusion and codependency. Cameron \u201cCam\u201d Eason is imprisoned in an isolation of his own making. When the fallen angel reveals himself to Cam, they conclude that he is one of the individuals fated to act in preordained events to solidify God\u2019s sovereignty. Cam is seemingly stuck in the middle of a battle for his soul between two former brothers, one still loyal to God. His mind mirrors this battle, the guilt of his religious upbringing clashing with his hatred for the Creator, the one who made his volatile mind. This story acts as a glimpse into religious psychosis and the hallucinations involving religious figures and divine missions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">I took inspiration for the title from Dante\u2019s <em>Inferno<\/em>, where the Gates of Hell declare, \u201cAbandon all hope, ye who enter here.\u201d By the end of the film, the hope that Cam briefly had is gone, realizing his life is his own version of hell. He finds salvation in the character Lucifer, whose story I have always been fascinated by. Cam relates to his villainization, seeing him as the only one who could possibly understand his mind. Throughout the film it becomes apparent that Cam is an unreliable narrator, his grip on reality dwindling as he withdraws from social life. His complete belief in the information presented to him paired with his response to religious guilt triggers his tragic downfall.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-slider wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio uagb-block-f263f817 uagb-slider-container\"><div class=\"uagb-slides uagb-swiper\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-slider-child uagb-slider-child-wrap swiper-slide uagb-block-ade93ac2\"><div class=\"swiper-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-cdc44df8 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-d5bb1180 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bfashow.dmd.uconn.edu\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/scene2.00_00_10_17.Still004nonoise-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-2179\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"presentation\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-slider-child uagb-slider-child-wrap swiper-slide uagb-block-8355035d\"><div class=\"swiper-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-02af7eaa alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-01ebb901 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bfashow.dmd.uconn.edu\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/scene3.00_00_10_18.Still005-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-2180\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" title=\"scene3.00_00_10_18.Still005\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-slider-child uagb-slider-child-wrap swiper-slide uagb-block-bb90d1b8\"><div class=\"swiper-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-91d3ad2e alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-7d3c3272 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bfashow.dmd.uconn.edu\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/scene3.00_02_28_19.Still004-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-2181\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" title=\"scene3.00_02_28_19.Still004\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paige Yarnall&nbsp; 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