Staff Pick Premiere: "O Black Hole!" Written by Renee Zhan |

Are you curious about what happens after the first black hole appears? The Staff Pick premier, "O Black Hole!" composed by Renee Zhan is an enormous and a reversal of basic beliefs, which embodies one of the more mysterious entities in our world through color, clay, and music. The question of the origin of the black hole - and the conclusion the black hole -- was thought up by Zhan during a time filled with imagination and creativity.

To try to safeguard and maintain the beauty that surrounds her, a gorgeous young girl named Eve decides to devour everything she loves. With a fast and chaotic way, the speed and speed of her consumption creates a black hole through that everything becomes locked up. The worm consumes season, planets and seasons in addition to humans and moons, trying to provide an unending life. Upon waking within the depths of the black hole, the character called"the "Singularity" encounters beings who require her assistance. They ask her to climb to the high point and persuade the person who created it that they should let them continue to live their lives their way be, or else the world is going to end.

"O Black Hole!" is a fable that focuses on holding onto items you treasure for a long time. The vivid paintings and clay-based images create several images about embracing the short-lived as well as accepting death's immutability.

     There's so much about this movie craft the story; We were privileged to speak with animator and director Renee Zhan, to break down the many questions we had about it. Find out her responses:

On inspiration:

     "A majority of my films have the presence of one or two distinct pictures in my mind. In the past, I was drawing this female figure by using the dark charcoal marks on the spot that her face was intended to be. I was able to spend hours looking at the image and trying to discover who she could be. Then it became clear that her head was dark.

The movie is about a woman who is concerned over the speed of her life that she sucks everything and everyone she loves inside her body to keep them secure for the remainder of her life.

     She is a sponge for all the universe, and eventually she's dancing with her friends.    

"The black hole dances around in circles that are counterclockwise as it's in opposition to Time After Singularity has saved the various people living in the black hole, they go clockwise, as natural cycle of the universe. They begin anew. "

Utilizing 2D and 3D methods:

     "I've always been an avid big fan of film with multi-media and love using visceral texture as well as conventional media. I thought that the story about the Black Hole corresponds to the contrast between the media of 2D as well as 3D.

     The outside of the black space, where the time is normal, can be depicted in 2D using pencil and charcoal, as well as watercolors and oil paint, because it's a fleeting, inexpensive. In the black hole, all of the stuff that black holes is absorbing inside her and created eternal the 3D solid.

     When Singularity travels across the dark hole to the top, walls of the black holes begin becoming more liquid because the grasp of the black hole is looser there. I really wanted all the media to be flowing into one and seamlessly transition between 2D to 3D before returning to 2D.

     I find it essential that I leave space for thinking and experimentation while making a film to figure the details out in the process. Making the inside of a black space was an interesting idea as there is no way to know the way this might look. Production designer Richard Henley and I had the liberty to be completely inventive. It was an opportunity for us to create a visually unique and intriguing world. It was suggested to make the result of a sequence of dark, twisted caves that resembled liquids which had solidified after freezing . "

Her original concept against. Final cut:

     "When we first began filming I didn't know how the film would turn out as. I'd not worked with stop-motion before or produced anything that large.

In some ways, I was disappointed to not achieve the look exactly what I had in mind. I was of the opinion that the work I created wasn't good enough as it was chaotic and rough. It's odd, because I like to observe these kinds of imperfections and roughness in stop-motion films, but in my own I was so angry about the messiness.

     In another way , I was amazed by the work we had created. The compositions of Harry Brokensha and epic sound design from Ed Rousseau were beyond what I ever could have imagined.

Lore Lixenberg's incredible vocals as Black Hole as well as Emmy the Great's unadulterated voice as Singularity made a huge difference to the composition.

We can all say that we're satisfied with the work we accomplished within the group. "

focused on mythological and the human aspects she explores within her work:

"I'm extremely interested in the creation myths that surround the world. They raise existential issues for human beings and attempt to address the questions by telling big thrilling stories about flying birds, eggs or even nature spirits. Mythology often includes big epic tales about heroes, journeys. It's an element of our determination to know the purpose of the world around us.

At a more intimate level, this is my goal through filmmaking. In my films, I'm examining my own anxieties or obsessions. I'm also examining my fears. In 'O Black Hole! I thought of it as an modern-day mythology of creation. I wanted to create an animated film with personal questions about philosophy, as well as an engaging story film about a quest and a crazy operatic score ."

in the context of the difficulties which were encountered throughout the films creation:

     "This was my most difficult film ever produced. A 16-minute stop-motion/2D musical featured a character sporting a strangely long, wavy and curly hair (that would melt midway through!) made on a short deadline was a miserable months. I could go on and on about the difficulties. It was a lot to pack into a short film. True, I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to produce an incredible film together with such an incredible team. It's my wish that I'll get many more opportunities similar to this within the next few years and I'll be able to continue creating films with my fellow filmmakers ! "

In the context of "O the Black Hole! :

"The closing lines of the film are "O dark hole don't cry We're only dreams the universe dreamt ...' The main theme of the film is the power of change. The woman inside the black hole is sucked in the entire universe inside her because she's afraid of the possibility of change. The singularity of the universe shows her that the process of change gives new meaning and life to our daily lives here.

     The film, I feel it is trying to show that the world changes, and goes through the process of dying as new and exciting things appear and develop that are gorgeous and normal. Therefore, I hope this is what viewers get. In all honesty, I'm still trying to convince meself ! "

Her advice (or the lack of) for filmmakers who want to make films:

     "Maybe you should listen to your parents and become engineers instead. No, I'm kidding! Just kidding! I'm not certain, but it appears like I'm an aspirant filmmaker too. It could be that I'm in need of some guidance also . "

Next step

"I'm working on a live-action/animation hybrid horror-comedy short film with BBC Films. The film is about Chinese-born British violinist called Fei who's world is turned upside down after she experiences the arrival of another gifted violinist named Mei.

And I'm also developing an idea for a feature animation film about a cult of worshipping the birds! "

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