HUNGER IN THE HORSE
ANIMATION | PRE-PRODUCTION
Carter and Rose are a strange pair stuck in a surreal looking and never ending canyon, where all they could possibly need is within reach. With no understanding of why they're there and how they got there in the first place, the two are in desperate search for a way out.
Until one day, Carter is seduced by the presence of a horse.
AN INTRODUCTION TO
THE OBSELISK
The penultimate value ascribed to the obelisk in the story is purely symbolic. Its metaphysical presence is disjoint from all explanation and conditions. It is the omniscient source of the world we're in, where it is lying in plain sight hidden from its constructs.
It is always there, rooting us in an ambivalent time and space that is looped in memory. No one in the world presently has touched it. The only possible explanation of seeing it is metastasis. That doesn't mean it is not lurking in our awareness somewhere, we may just need to tap in.
When we do, what could happen? Do we become the obelisk itself?
Excerpted from an original painting (circa 2023) titled 'HUNGER IN THE HORSE' had its quintessential but misleading use as a central metaphor - key to the artwork's composition. It draws attention to its unassuming presence only to bring us at odds with the general idea of the story depicted in the painting. Placed in a primal setting exhibiting a man, our hero, preaching to a horse with a bunch of grass, a strong inkling wrote the metaphor into the screenplay.
EXPLORE
THE WORLD
EXPLORE
THE WORLD
The environment in the world we're found in is stagnant and unreliable. There is no life or motivation for it. There is no instinct to regenerate or self-preserve; here prevails a morbid pattern of destruction following more destruction and decay. It's almost singing of entropy but in strictly psycho-existential terms. Nothing moves, breathes, or shows any motivation.
A roughly constructed model explains the movement of particles in the environment as they spontaneously transition between different collective states '(phenomenon).
The graphic depicts transitions between crumbling worlds and recycled destruction without regeneration. The world moves and shifts like a fluid fabric, interwoven to behave only as memories.
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WHYS AND WHATS
EXPLAINED
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PRODUCTION AND CREWING
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- PRODUCTION HOUSE OPERATING IN AUSTRALIA
- POST-PRODUCTION SUITE (GLOBAL)
- TECH AND MEDIA PARTNER
- MARKETING AGENCY
ADDITIONAL KEY CREW:
- VARIOUS PRODUCERS (INDEPENDENT/AFFILIATED)
- PRODUCTION DESIGNER (2D, MIXED MEDIA)
- SOUND ENGINEER FOR FILM
- PROP MASTER (2D, MIXED MEDIA)
- COMPOSER FOR FILM
- VFX ARTIST
- ADDITIONAL STORYBOARD + CHARACTER ARTIST (2D, MIXED MEDIA)
- LAYOUT ARTIST (2D, MIXED MEDIA)
DID THIS SPEAK TO YOU?
WHAT LIES AHEAD...
RESEARCH AND CREATIVE
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- NEW MEDIA RESEARCHERS considering models, material epistemology, landscapes and their temporal behaviors in their work(s).
- CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCHERS, including scientists and activists engaging with micro-to-macrocosmic evaluations of current global and molecular phenomenon in response to climate change.
- ANTHROPOLOGISTS cultivating insight on post-modernism and sci-fi as a primary motivation.
- MISCELLANEOUS CALL OUT to any creatives, artists and researchers who feel like they can fill the gaps not concretely laid out in this message with their work, ideas, concerns, and who would like to collaborate and build something together!
These are ever-interesting times, and while film is constantly evolving, it is making room for many disciplines and vocations to include themselves in this very collaborative process. Simultaneously and very beautifully so, it has also never been easier to find or build a community that makes you feel like your ideas can translate into something bigger and that we're all in this together making something that could make ripples through space, time, and culture.
Work on this project has taken off. We are always putting together a team of teams that are ready to offer themselves to this narrative and make it their own. You'll be working closely with a strong and motivated group of individuals who are wrestling with multitudes to make this vision come to life. If you think you have arrived to this late, think again. While the lists mentioned contain some valued aspects of our team's requirements, it does not mean that you cannot create your own position. Share any thoughts and ideas that you think speak to the project in your own voice.
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