'Waldeinsamkeit'
Length: 4'15"
Year: 2023
An old lady feels alienated from modern city life, but when she embarks on a magical dreamlike journey, she finds wonder and a newfound appreciation for the place she lives in. Waldeinsamkeit is an old German word that describes the feeling of spiritual connection one can experience when being alone in a forest.
This is my graduation film for Edinburgh College of Art. I started working on it in September 2022 and finished it on May 4th 2023.
Official Selection at Edinburgh International Film Festival 2023
https://www.eif.co.uk/events/eiff-animation-shorts
British Council: http://film-directory.britishcouncil.org/waldeinsamkeit
Trailer:
Making of:
Film Stills:
The film is hand-painted with ink and pencil on paper (with exceptions of some digitally drawn effects animation). To capture the images I used Dragonframe. They were then composited together with the ink backgrounds using 3d layers in After Effects. The final edit of the film was done in PremierePro.
Development sketches:
