Weaving the docu'mundu'ary !
A mockumentary based on 'fabric'ated information detailing the cultural significance of a fabric known as the Mundu. Primarily worn by the population of the southern states of India specifically Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu it's known to the indigenous as a lungi, Veshti, dhoti etc. Our documentary or rather docu'mundu'ary explores the bilateral ties of the mundu with a population known as the Malayali. As the Malayali journeys through life, he undergoes a character arc that is closely bound to his mastery over the mundu and the bond that transcends life and death.
The point of the mundu
From minister to miser, the house help to the homeowner, from the headmaster to the bus conductor a garment that binds us together at the hips, from birth till death is the...mundu.
Concept arts:( clockwise from top) , Major Thommi enjoying a siesta in the mundu, the kid stealing the mundu, the morning routine of ironing the mundu, Sunlight streams in for a new day
Character design
Production
Roughs
Line work
Shadows and highlight
Colour
3D Assets using grease-pencil
Compositing in a 3D workspace
Composting : The space environment for Major Thommi, Using 3D and 2D elements together.
Editing and sound
Conclusion
An attempted satire on a community using the garment that they adorn to shine light at the little hypocrisies and social connotations that are bought out when different people wear the same garment. It also aims to narrate the life of an average Malayali and his relation with a mundu that goes beyond ethnic celebration into everyday life. The mundu binds together the Malayali at the hips in joy, crisis, and death.
