A film by Kristian de la Riva

In CUT a lone male character attempts to cut away various body parts using ever more extreme methods to do so. A distorted ode to relationships lost is hinted at within the work but the field of reference is expanded to incorporate the pain and humour implicit in an individuals day to day thoughts and routines.

Used rotoscoping technique. Filmed real life choreographed performances of myself, then used this footage as the basis for the animated images. I played back the footage onto a monitor and then paused each frame to draw round certain elements within the frame, adding and subtracting as befitting the animation needs. The cells were then stop motion captured into film editing software.