Watch this amazing film by Chris Price:
“Finally after quite a long wait I can share this.
An insight into my life and experiences living with Cystic Fibrosis. Being creative, finding a balance and not letting the restrictions stop me from moving forward.
A massive thank you to everyone who worked on this with me. Tim Marriott Lisa Price Al Hodgson Arthur Cox
Please share it and help raise some awareness about Cystic Fibrosis”
After some interesting conversations with friends and some on-line encouragement I’ve decided to start the Animated Journal again.
As always it was always about turning the process of animation into an accessible and ephemeral thing rather than the extremely lengthy and complicated process of tradition, and to really try to show how something felt in a particular moment.
These are from elements captured in Leigh Woods a few weeks ago.
Since I completed the first one we’ve had the progression of things like Vine and Instagram video which mean many more people have been playing and being very creative with the very short form. You can find the original Journal here.
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Servais animated the film using 35mm color front-projection of his characters onto a multiplane filmed, black velvet background.
The Harpy, with its human torso and facial features, can be aligned to Freud’s primal uncanny and Kristeva’s notion of the abject in cinema. The film can also be read as a modern retelling of the femme fatale archetype story – a warning to men captivated by the allure of a dangerous female.
Paul Greer 