Trigrad

Hand Drawn 2D Animation | 3 min | 2006

Production: UCA Farnham
Screenings: WHO' 06 Curzon Soho, London, United Kingdom

"At least to the beginning of the day..."

Trigrad is a film observation. It follows a carnival mask march. The film aims at recreating an actual atmosphere, rather then just representing an event.

Trigrad is inspired by Bulgarian folklore. The story starts at the end of the day, when the spectator sees some of the carnival masks. The simplicity of the composition combined with the stillness of the image allows the viewer to observe the animal like faces of the mask carefully.

The night has come and the ritual is ready to start. The scenes change one after another. The chaos of movement, combined with the obsessive, almost intrusive direct sound leads the audience into a colourful world.

It is late… it is getting cold and the lines of the daily routine melt into the mysterious darkness of the night.

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