Mon 19 Jan 2009
Once upon a time in a seedy joint…
Posted by Igor Hardy under Film Curiosities, movies
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Here it is at last! Here you can watch the full movie! My premiere animated short! It was created by me and a small group of similar amateurs over the course of 2 very intense days, everyone contributing a part of his soul.
The film was part of a festival celebrating the art and memories of Warsaw from the 50s. The few happy and light moments of that pretty grim period in Poland’s history.
As you’ll probably already guessed the presented story is a bit of a period piece. Don’t pay too much attention to the fact that the songs are American Jazz instead of Polish as they should (I’m personally responsible for this disgrace).
The Team Who Did It: Marysia Białota, Katarzyna Murzanowska, Aśka Sawicka, Katarzyna Smolnicka, Joanna Wodnicka… and me!
Professional advice and design of the scenography: Jakub Głębicki
Note: The watermark is the symbol of The Warsaw Rising Museum which was responsible for the whole animation devoted portion of the festival I’ve written about.
That is certainly something and it leaves a huge story left to be told – what happens to the couple?
Must’ve been hell to film, right?
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Glad you watched it.
As you say, there are plenty of possible directions the story could go from the point the film ends. This could even be only the beginning. Then again, the couple is pretty much a representation of any couple. Maybe it’s not that interesting what happens to them. They’re first of all a part of the atmosphere.
Animating was the most fun part of it. Well, there were lots of problems of course – most annoyingly, the plasticine characters continuously breaking up. Yet until you actually start “filming” it doesn’t seem certain everything will work together as a movie. So when you finally see the first frames being successfully registered, you feel like a creator and not just a boy playing with plasticine.
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I like the ending, very cinematic like and this vague look of the dancing lady. Well done.
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