Notes on Crowds; Anidoc group 9

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Press Kit
Title: Notes on Crowds

Info
Log Line:
How would you feel in a crowded environment? 8 individuals bring you on a short journey into a whirlwind of emotions.

Synopsis:
We travel through an array of settings to see many characters express their thoughts and feelings, showcasing their perspective towards their crowds. We see how anxiety engulfs Oli, Zue’s juxtaposed view, Lucia’s moment of infatuation, Dian’s happy place, QiQi’s visual claustrophobia, Nico losing her bearings, Hazel’s wise words and Yichen’s Comfortable environment.

Twitter Blurb and Facebook blurb:
8 filmmakers come together to emotively express their feelings in crowded places.

Credits
Directors:
Lucia Bencini Clements
Zuliana Mohd Eusoff
Dian Zhang
Yichen Zhou
Oliver Oldman
QiQi Hou
Ziyou Yang
Hazel Hain

Animator:
Lucia Bencini Clements
Zuliana Mohd Eusoff
Dian Zhang
Yichen Zhou
Oliver Oldman
QiQi Hou
Ziyou Yang
Hazel Hain

Music:
Oliver Oldman

Sound:
Lucia Bencini Clements
Zuliana Mohd Eusoff
Dian Zhang
Yichen Zhou
Oliver Oldman
QiQi Hou
Ziyou Yang
Hazel Hain

Edit:
Zuliana Mohd Eusoff
Dian Zhang
Lucia Bencini-Clements

Biography
The vision we had for the film was a varied analogy of human emotion. To situate ourselves in crowded places is to activate our primal thoughts and feelings, so we wanted to do this project to show our core selves, or core instincts that have been embedded in us since birth. The idea came from the team getting to know each other. When we asked each other ‘what energy do you think you exude?’, we quickly realised that we wanted to create a narrative that fit around that answer. We want the audience to travel through these different scenes, quite kinetically, to fit that theme of energy. What’s important to us is that this film doesn’t send any message of bias, or says that any of the thoughts and feelings are wrong to have, but to show how everyone is different, right down to the processes of our brains.

Artist/ Director statement
We wanted the technique, styles and colours to be up to choice; this would really show the range of diversity within the characters. We ended up with a range of styles and techniques, including hand drawn animation and live action footage. This in turn gives off a teaser effect, as if the project is a trailer for a long-form analogy of different animations. And we believe that way it can resonate more with its audience, having different scenes in different styles increases the amount of people who will relate and form a connection with a segment, rather than having one uniform style that only a certain demographic of people will attach themselves to.

Contact details
Lucia Bencini-Clements
clementslucia@gmail.com

Zuliana Mohd Eusoff
zulianamohdeusoff@gmail.com

Dian Zhang
1007247465@qq.com

Oliver Oldman
oliver.oldman@outlook.com

Ziyou Yang
870040152@qq.com

Yichen Zhou
448727130@qq.com

QiQi Hou
15260769770@163.com

Hazel Hain
hazel.hain2@gmail.com

Technical info
Length : 1:38
Size: 1920 x 960 VR Monoscopic
Sound: Stereo