Salient (2023)
2m 14s

Synopsis: Exploring an abstract visual concept of remembering, salient features permanent marker and ink animation that uncovers and connects childhood memories previously faded into obscurity.

About:  After my parents had shown me over 1TB of videos and photo's they had taken during my childhood, this film was made to capture the feeling of nostalgia I got while reminiscing. I had forgotten about most of the things that were shown to me. The video's brought back my childhood piece by piece. The abstraction in the film is a representation of what it felt like to bring back the memories that were tucked far away in my brain; to reconnect those wires in my brain that had previously deteriorated.
My goal with this film was to use the inspiration I took from the home-videos to spark a feeling of relatability and nostalgia in the viewer.

direction & animation: yasmine aarts
original music: jim dermois

second year film @ HKU University of the Arts, Utrecht

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