LitFilms was about making short animation trailers in the context of world literature in cooperation with the Filmwerkstatt Münster. This animation is free after Oscar Wilde's novel The picture of Dorian Gray and was screened at the Literaturfilm Festival in Münster.
- together with Sam Römer and Jelena Sturm -
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━━━━━ Animatic
━━━━━ key visuals
The basic idea was to catch the difference and similarities between beauty and horror.
Because Oscar Wilde's use of language is full of comparisons with nature (eg. skin as flowers), we wanted to create a terrifying aesthetic out of organic elements.
━━━━━ scenery & colors
The book has its own color theme, which changes continuously.
We capture the atmosphere in a mysterious forest our character is running through. The forest changes the colors and becomes more dark and lively. Plants are turning into weird creatures and bodies.
━━━━━ portrait
The animation points out the meta-phorical meaning of the painting as the confrontation of Dorian with himself. We wanted to create something that our character can't escape from.
The portrait is a huge composition out of plants and organic structures. This molding visage faces Dorian in the end and they become one. It is the moment when he can't run away anymore and realizes what he has become.
sketch 1
sketch 2
map
animations
fisrt frame
