Staff Pick Premiere: "O Black Hole!" Writer: Renee Zhan |
Are you interested in you can create the black hole works? The Staff Pick this week "O Black Hole!" by Renee Zhan is an epically massive and stunningly transformative music that showcases one the most fascinating creatures in the universe using clay colors as well as songs. The mystique of the origins of the black hole -- and of its end -- are illustrated by Zhan in a world that is captivating and imaginative.
To ensure that the beauty of her surroundings to endure forever The young Eve-like creature makes the brave choice to eat everything she loves. Consuming everything in a rapid manner and with a high degree of chaos The pace and the chaos that she eats creates an explosion of black holes which ensure that nothing escapes. The planets she eats are seasons, planets human beings, even moons, as a way to ensure that life will last to all. In the dark cavernous hole one of the people known as "Singularity" is able to meet with beings that require her assistance. They ask her to climb towards the top of the"black hole" and convince the person who created the existence of it to allow the prisoners and treat them as they are meant to and to even allow that all of the universe as we know it could be able to come to an end.
"O The Black Hole!" is a tale about not letting go of your love for many years. The vivid paintings and the clay-based images produce a myriad of visuals about the passing of time, and also the ending of your existence.
There's a lot in this film's art as well as its story and we were able to talk with the animator and director, Renee Zhan, to break the down of every question we asked about the film. Find out the answers here:
The inspiration behind the work:
"A most of my films have the one or two main images which I imagine in my head. A while ago I sketched this female with an adolescent dark charcoal streak on her face in the exact place it is supposed to be. I spent some time studying this drawing, as well as trying to identify the woman that she appeared to be. After that, it was clear the head of her was black.
HTML0 The film is about a woman who is concerned about the passing of time that her life is a lockdown. She locks all the things and people she is in love with in order to protect them for the rest of her life.
HTML0 She travels around the world until eventually, she's spinning about on her own.
"The black hole rotates by counterclockwise circles since it is against Time Following that, when the Singularity's presence is detected, all inhabitants of dark holes start to move clockwise according to the nature-inspired patterns in the Universe. They then resume. "
Utilizing methods of 3D and 2D:
"I've always been a massive enthusiast of films that incorporate multi-media and I love using visceral textures in addition to traditional media. I thought that the story of the black hole made a perfect fit for these two different mediums, 2D as well as 3D.
The exterior of the black space, which is where the time goes by can be seen in 2D using pencils, charcoal or watercolors as well as oil paint because it's short-lived and temporary. In the black hole, all that is a sucked-in and put into a permanent state, is 3D-hard.
While Singularity is shifting towards the beginning of the black hole up towards the top, those walls begin becoming more fluid. Similar to the grip that the hole is in is becoming looser. I wanted all the different mediums to flow in each seamlessly change from 2D to 3D and then back to 2D.
It's important to leave room for experimentation and play when making films. You have to discover things during the course of making films. The concept of making the inside of a black space was extremely appealing since no one has any idea what this could appear like. Producer Richard Henley and I had the chance to become completely imaginative. This gave us the opportunity to develop a distinct and captivating world. The idea was to create dark, eerie and dark cave that was reminiscent of liquids that solidified after time was stopped . "
The original concept of her film was in opposition to. the final version
"When we first started filming I was unsure of what the final product would look like. I'd never done stop-motion before or even worked on anything that large.
In some ways, I was disappointed in a few ways to not have it appear as perfect as I had hoped it would. My animation I believed was not quite good enough and the result was unfinished and imperfect. It's odd, because I love seeing this kind of imperfection and roughness when I watch movies that use stop-motion, however in my own work, I felt so frustrated over it that I was furious.
Another way I was admiration of the work we did. The music composed by Harry Brokensha and epic sound design developed by Ed Rousseau were beyond what I had ever imagined.
Lore Lixenberg's stunning voice in Black Hole and Emmy the Great's unadulterated tones as Singularity added so much to the spectacle.
Most of the time, I'm satisfied with what we've achieved in the group. "
Themes of mythology and humanity she has written her work:
"I'm intrigued by the origin myths that are spread across the globe. They ask questions about the origins of mankind and try to address them with thrilling and epic tales concerning diversifying birds, eggs or even natural spirits. Mythology usually includes huge epic stories of heroes and their quests and adventures. It's a part of our human need to understand the nature of the world which we reside in.
There's a chance that, in a way, on a smaller scale that I'm trying convey through my films. In my work, I'm constantly looking at my fears and anxieties along with my fascinations. "O Black Hole!," I see it as a mythological modern version of Creation. I really enjoyed making films with personal philosophical themes, and the entertaining story of a movie about a quest and a crazy operatic score ."
The challenges encountered during the making of the film
"This is probably my most difficult film made. A stop-motion/2D 16-minute musical that featured a female with very long curly and long hair (that would melt mid-way through!) Filming on a tight time frame led to some truly bad moments. There is no need to talk about the difficulties. This film is packed with numerous details, making it a short film. In the end, I'm thankful that I got the opportunity to create this short film as well as work with a incredible group of film makers. I'm hoping to have many chances like this soon and continue to make films with fellow filmmakers "
Lesson learned from "O. Black. Hole! ':
"The closing line of the film is "O black hole, do not mourn, it's just the dream the universe has dreamt. ...' The idea of the film is the beauty that exists in the midst of the constant change. The black hole girl is caught up in the whole world around her because of her fear of change. Her experience has taught her that changes brings freshness and meaning for our lives daily in the world.
It seems like the movie will try to illustrate that all things changes and end up dying and the new ones emerge to flourish. That's extraordinary and normal. That's why I think that the viewers will be able to comprehend the message receives. In truth, I'm trying to persuade myself! "
Her advice (or lack thereof) for aspiring filmmakers:
"Maybe you should take your advice from your parents and become engineers instead. No, I'm kidding! Just kidding! It's not clear, however. I'm thinking that I'm an aspirant filmmaker in my personal way. That means that I may need assistance . "
Next step:
"I'm working on a live-action/animation hybrid horror-comedy short film with BBC Films. The story follows the Chinese-born British violinist called Fei who's life is turned upside down when he encounters the latest musician who is famously known as Mei.
In addition, I'm developing an idea for an animated feature film about a religious cult which is dedicated to birds! "
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