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Hichki (hiccup) - An animation short

Story ideation, Brain storming, Mind map, Story making, Story pitching
Horror movies have a thrill and excitement which serves as a hair raising genre of entertainment. For different age groups the perception of horror varies. I wanted to explore this genre of story telling as a it excited me as a film maker. (Making a horror or scary animated movie was what excited me as a film maker). My film takes us into the life of a small girl afraid of something. The film mostly deals with a fear of a small girl and her fear of revelation of secrets which she feels will be life threatening to her. My biggest challenge was setting up an imaginary fear - a make believe world helping the audience see the fears of the small girl.
The project aims to explore the vivid imagination of a child’s mind. Their inventive mind is characterized by their lack of distinction between the real and unreal. Sometimes their imagination leads them to develop unnecessary fear and anxiety. This fear can be short-lived, but unnerving to the child. But as the child grows older, a better understanding of cause and effect, and reality verses fantasy is acquired. A child’s fear depends on his/her level of nervousness, past experiences and imagination. This film tells the story of a girl whose fear triggers her to imagine being in an unreal situation, and her state of fear morphs into something gigantic. She anticipates more trouble because of her wrong eating habits which she had indulged in behind her mother’s back. The events span across the extremes of this imagination and towards the end convinces her that in reality there is nothing to be scared of.
Hichki (hiccup) - An animation short
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Hichki (hiccup) - An animation short

This project was my student project done at IIT Bombay. I learned a lot from animation film making especially chasing timely deadlines. I had no Read More

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