Solid Ground
A 3-minute Student Film portraying the perception of anxiety. This was my final major project in my last year of University.
My motivation towards creating my film in my final year was the desire to produce one with serious tones, as that had been something I was afraid to do previously and relied on lightheartedness. For this film, I wanted to create this feeling of dread and tension between the characters rather than just an interesting dynamic.
My film is intended to be a representation of how I perceive my anxiety. The whole film takes place on a glass plane that's being kept together by a single person. During this, a creature is constantly trying to attack them. The Creature and how it becomes a bigger issue the more energy the character gives them is how I want the anxiety to be portrayed. I also wanted the creature to have a sense of unpredictability which is why they morph into different forms throughout.
I wanted to incorporate mixed media into the film, so in an attempt to prevent large amounts of gore, I used 2d animation to show any graphic elements like fingers and eyes being ripped out. I used a charcoal appearance and gave myself a limited time for each frame to make it appear less clean and precise. I like the end result of emphasising those moments and think it was a good way of reducing the amount of violence shown.
The software I've used consists primarily of Blender for the CG sections. The 2D elements were made using Photoshop. Alongside these, I also used Adobe After Effects, Premiere and Audition.
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