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WHY?
Trieste is often described as a city in some respects asleep, away, suspended between past and future, between fantasy and reality. Precisely because of this unique atmosphere, so full of character, history and art we don’t intend to wake it abruptly but we want to make it known and loved just as in its exceptional and unique dimension of "dreamer".
Only thanks to the passion for this project there is already a 2 minute trailer which was presented as a Special Event on March 21 at the prestigious festival in Cortina Cortinametraggio and simultaneously also in Trieste at the National Cinema.
The trailer got excellent feedback from the public and experts, so much so that it took home a prize... and an exceptional godmother, the Sicilian actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta.
HOW
Animation takes inspiration from cinema, short films, comics and drawings. For every second there are at least 12 to 25 frames (in this case not photos but drawings!) that our eye perceives as a fluid and seamless thread.
The process of implementation is therefore long and expensive, but the result is unmistakable.
For this project we play with various techniques: some of the real places that are perfectly recognizable in the drawings are then transformed in video and an animatic is created, that is the drawing is moved by merging it with the video. The design then mixes with reality and it may happen that the palaces are drawn, but the sea that breaks on the dock in front is real.
Times and costs are different from a short film, but we believe animation is the right language to tell the magic of our story.
WHY AN ANIMATED FILM?
Because if we claim that Trieste comes to life, what better language than that which takes a little from film, short film, comics, illustration and obviously animation.
For every second there are at least 16 frames (in this case no photos but drawings!) that our eye perceives as a seamless and fluid flow. The implementation process is therefore long and costly, but the result is unmistakeable.
The timing and the costs are different than a short film, but we believe that animation is the right language to describe the magic of our history.
The animation technique was born when cinema was born, but just like cinema it is current and continuously evolving. For this project we play with different techniques: some of the real places that are perfectly recognizable in the drawings are then captured on video and created as an animatic: the drawing is merged in movement with video. The design is then mixed with reality and so the buildings may be drawn, but the sea breaking on the dock in front of it is real.
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