SYNOPSIS:
An animated documentary intended to illustrate my social anxiety behind making phone calls and speaking to strangers. Featuring my own voice an a internal monologue to viewers, I hope to share my personal experience and thoughts behind social anxiety.
CREDITS:
Animated/Edited/Written by Venya Luthra
Voice overs by Venya Luthra & Siona Luthra
FEATURES:
OCADU Experimental Animation Year-End Screening (New Visions) - May 2023
Lugano Animation Days (Lugano, Switzerland) - November 2023
Planning and Process Work
As this was one my first attempts at top-down stop motion animation, it was important for me to plan for scale as well as perspective. The iphone 4 is a key feature of the animation, hence became a point of reference for scale. Since the claymation technique is used, all assets are sculpted by hand in addition to other pieces used for replacement animation. While completing the pixelation, it was a challenge to keep my hand flat and still but by organizing my workplace I overcame this.