A LOVE LETTER TO THE ONE I MADE UP, 2017

experimental animation, silk screen print.
directed / animated / printed by: Rachel Gutgarts
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A lonely walk home is intertwined with an underwater fantasy world.
The combination between reality and fantasy is portrayed in a love letter
addressed to an imaginary "perfect" man.
The film displays a critical, female point of view
on the idea of romantic modern love in western society.
Its main purpose is to dismantle the "knight in shining armor" myth.
It is made with a unique technique of screen-printed animation.
Every 20 frames are printed in a grid formation on A3 paper,
then scanned and cut to their original form as a running, 25 fps, film.