LUNATIC an Improvisation Animation
LoglineThe improvisation animation film tackles urgent earthly issues in a surrealistic and sometimes hilarious way, as seen by a lonely astronaut on the moon
SynopsisIn surrealistic and sometimes hilarious scenes on the moon we see junkyards of planetariums and rockets of various natures, sets that are filled with references to an array of artists and filmmakers. The film tackles urgent earthly issues, seen by a lonely astronaut, called Antonio, who was left behind on the moon after his coming out.
Lunatic is a zero budget improvisation animation film by Robin Noorda, based on his juvenile drawing of a skinned warrior, trying to defend itself against a lunar lander and his poem about the human behaviour of leaving waste everywhere, even in outer space.
Director's statement
The array of urgent problems the world is facing is of an absurd magnitude. To get people aware of the seriousness, it might be best to laugh about it.
It is an improvisation animation as the workflow was not based on a fixed script, storyboard or plan. I started with only some ideas and images in my head. An approach promoted in order to maintain creativity during production instead of being merely a slave of the pre-production script and storyboard.
The film is based on my poem and my lost and recently re-emerged juvenile drawing (made in 1975) of a skinned warrior, trying to defend itself against a lunar lander. It also features a 40 years lost model spaceship I made during my internship at Toonder Studio's that also recently came back to me.
LoglineThe improvisation animation film tackles urgent earthly issues in a surrealistic and sometimes hilarious way, as seen by a lonely astronaut on the moon
SynopsisIn surrealistic and sometimes hilarious scenes on the moon we see junkyards of planetariums and rockets of various natures, sets that are filled with references to an array of artists and filmmakers. The film tackles urgent earthly issues, seen by a lonely astronaut, called Antonio, who was left behind on the moon after his coming out.
Lunatic is a zero budget improvisation animation film by Robin Noorda, based on his juvenile drawing of a skinned warrior, trying to defend itself against a lunar lander and his poem about the human behaviour of leaving waste everywhere, even in outer space.
Director's statement
The array of urgent problems the world is facing is of an absurd magnitude. To get people aware of the seriousness, it might be best to laugh about it.
It is an improvisation animation as the workflow was not based on a fixed script, storyboard or plan. I started with only some ideas and images in my head. An approach promoted in order to maintain creativity during production instead of being merely a slave of the pre-production script and storyboard.
The film is based on my poem and my lost and recently re-emerged juvenile drawing (made in 1975) of a skinned warrior, trying to defend itself against a lunar lander. It also features a 40 years lost model spaceship I made during my internship at Toonder Studio's that also recently came back to me.
Poster
Alternative Poster
The film is pasword protected
Trailer
a selection of film stills
A range of lunar news papers elaborate on matters.
Concept art
Concept art