Synopsis: A young woman and her lover, a sailor, are parted when the lover must ship out to sea. After seeing him off at the docks, she is convinced that she must follow him and save him from going off to war. With her determination, she sets off to find him, no matter what perils lie with the sea.
Aesthetic: This will all be acted out through cutout figures and backgrounds that cast shadows onto a blank canvas. Hands maybe also be used as secondary props/or as traditional shadow puppets in some parts. The shadows themselves are going to be filmed. There will be no dialogue, but music and some sounds will be vital to the immersion of the project.
The look of the piece will mimic Victorian paper crafts, that is, intricate cut paper silhouettes. I will make the paper crafts myself, with some help from my team in cutting them out.
Inspirations: Lotte Reiniger's Prince Achmed. It's amazing cutout animation totally speaks to me for this project.
Richard Bradshaw's Shadow Puppet Sketches--these have it all. Not only is it definitely puppeting, not animation, it's cutout paper shadow puppets! What more could you ask for?
Also this super awesome music video using a similar technique. I really like how the let the puppeting mechanisms show, and also that some of the movement is made just by gently curling the paper.
Lior - "I'll Forget You" (feat. Sia) from liormusic on Vimeo.
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