Project Detail

Purple Grey

Two soft-shaded eggs, one cracked, against a muted background

Synopsis

A vivid imagination can be a seductive but debilitating distraction from life. Twisted fantasies, associations and flashbacks offer an enticing escape, and even a mundane room may be made more bearable by mentally morphing space and time. But the real world continues, demanding, undermining, overwhelming… Elaborate Flash drawn animation subtly enhanced in compositing programs.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
7 min 50 sec
Format
DigiBeta
Director
Sebastian Buerkner
Funding
an animate! commission, Arts Council England and Channel 4

Production Status

Production Company

Finetake Productions (animate!)

Contact: Finetake

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