“Escaping Through Mirrors”.
London, 2022
Concept Development · Filmmaking · Art Direction · Prop Making · Stop Motion Animation ·
WHAT IS THE CONCEPT BEHIND?
When walking anywhere, one thing that we cannot escape from is our reflection: we are always accompanied by an image of ourselves, be it through a mirror, a window, someone else’s glasses, etc… Fascinated by this parallel, flipped version of our world, I got inspired to escape into it. I was thrilled to discover how in movies, such as “La Haine” (1995), a scene in which the character reflects himself in a mirror can be created without reflecting the filming camera, being in fact the illusion of a mirror with two actors facing each-other in duplicated spaces. In my work, I tried to replicate this shot and stage the crossing of my character through the mirror.
CREDITS
Concept Developper & Art Director - Penelope Amati
Actors - Lia Carretas & Penelope Amati
Film Editor - Penelope Amati
Film Assistant - Francesca Asprella