HUGO RR
‘EAR FOR EYE - ANIMATED SEQUENCE’
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I had the wonderful opportunity to collaborate with Debbie Tucker Green on her impactful feature film, ‘Ear for Eye’.
This adaptation of her stage play mixes spoken word, theatre and music to offer a vital perspective on racial injustice on both sides of the Atlantic.
The animation sequence, created by Glassworks, illustrates a meaningful conversation between two men with conflicting stances on activism.
Its sketch-like appearance pulls the spectator into the narrative, making us feel as though the characters are directly drawing their thoughts on paper.
To capture Tucker Green’s poetic rhythm, the animation moves and twists, with pencil strokes seamlessly transforming one scene into the next.
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The predominantly black and white animation uses chromatic contrast to emphasise the structural inequality denounced in the film. The only bursts of colour are those of the Pan-African flag and the red blood and fire ignited by the young man’s words.
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The figures had to be simple and without distinct features, but their body language and movements had to be highly expressive.
We therefore designed abstract stickmen with fully functional joints that could move in a smooth, natural way. While the sequence was fully drawn by hand, 3D software was used behind-the-scenes to test camera movements and to enact the part with the flying papers.
CREDITS
CREATED BY
Glassworks Creative Studio
DIRECTOR
Hugo Rodríguez Rodríguez
STORYBOARD, CONCEPT & DESIGN
Hugo Rodríguez Rodríguez
2D DEPARTMENT
Lead Compositor: Hugo Rodríguez Rodríguez
2D Assist: Leonardo Grassi
Cel Animation Lead: Hugo Rodríguez Rodríguez
Cel Animation Assist: Līna Ozoliņa, Lewis Barr, Patrick Armstrong, Alba Luna Segura, Katie Liston
MCR
Andrew Kidd
PRODUCTION
Chief Operating Officer: Anya Kruzmetra
Executive Producer: Chris Kiser
Head of Production: Belén Palos
Producer: Katie Liston
Music 'Making Of': Juan Torán