23rd Animation Division Jury Selections
DEEP SEA’S RAINBOW
Animated short film
SUKIKARA Makiko / MATSUMURA Kohei [Japan]
Outline
An animated short produced over a five-year period by an artist who has created various expressions centered on multi-plane camera techniques. Added to a base of hand-drawn animation, light effects obtained by shooting with various light sources, including LED, black light, and incandescent bulbs, are used to depict the lives of a sperm whale and a giant squid in the deep sea, which are not privy to humans.