| ① | STORY OF A SAD SPACEMAN |
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| ② | STILLS FROM MY ANIMATION SHORT "BREATHLESS"(2018) |
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| ③ | STILL FROM THE FILM "STORY OF A SAD SPACEMAN" |
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| ④ | STILL FROM THE FILM "STORY OF A SAD SPACEMAN" |
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| ⑤ | STILL FROM THE FILM "STORY OF A SAD SPACEMAN" |
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| ⑥ | STILL FROM THE FILM "STORY OF A SAD SPACEMAN" |
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| ⑦ | SCREENING EXHIBITION OF "STORY OF A SAD SPACEMAN" |
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| ⑧ | SCREENING EXHIBITION OF "STORY OF A SAD SPACEMAN" |
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STORY OF A SAD SPACEMAN
MAR 2018 | JUN 2019
The STORY OF A SAD SPACEMAN is my first one-man-production film project, which involves a spaceman who longs
to go to Earth.①
This project started from my animation short in 2018, BREATHLESS.② Usually, SF films based in outer space require a large amount of CGI and expensive sets. I wanted to challenge myself to make a space-themed film and build a set for my spaceman.
X is a lonely spaceman roaming around outer space, struggling to come to Earth.③ However, despite all his efforts, he consistently fails to visit his home planet. While he is alone, he strives to learn the way of humans by studying them in books and films he has on the ship.④⑤
The cardboard set reflects X(spaceman)’s desire to go to Earth. As the film sets the spaceman to be born in a ship that was launched in the 1980s, the cardboard texture gives a vintage feeling to the audience. The material itself demonstrate how X’s dream of going to Earth is childish and unrealistic as a kid builds a cardboard castle that crumbles over several days.⑥
This film was presented to the public at the exhibition in DEC 2019.⑦ The set had been recreated for the audience to visit and record a message for X, the spaceman. A small computer was installed to display the website the concept behind the film.
SYNOPSIS:⑧
Somewhere in outer space, there is a little spaceman all alone. Our little spaceman is quite lonely and bored. He has spent so many years by himself that he isn't sure what he is longing for. Yet one doesn't have to understand something to desire it. There are some old movies and books on his spaceship that he can learn about Earth from, so you can call him an expert... you can, right? He longs to go to Earth, which he believes is his true home. Join on his long journey of searching his way to Earth.
This project started from my animation short in 2018, BREATHLESS.② Usually, SF films based in outer space require a large amount of CGI and expensive sets. I wanted to challenge myself to make a space-themed film and build a set for my spaceman.
X is a lonely spaceman roaming around outer space, struggling to come to Earth.③ However, despite all his efforts, he consistently fails to visit his home planet. While he is alone, he strives to learn the way of humans by studying them in books and films he has on the ship.④⑤
The cardboard set reflects X(spaceman)’s desire to go to Earth. As the film sets the spaceman to be born in a ship that was launched in the 1980s, the cardboard texture gives a vintage feeling to the audience. The material itself demonstrate how X’s dream of going to Earth is childish and unrealistic as a kid builds a cardboard castle that crumbles over several days.⑥
This film was presented to the public at the exhibition in DEC 2019.⑦ The set had been recreated for the audience to visit and record a message for X, the spaceman. A small computer was installed to display the website the concept behind the film.
SYNOPSIS:⑧
Somewhere in outer space, there is a little spaceman all alone. Our little spaceman is quite lonely and bored. He has spent so many years by himself that he isn't sure what he is longing for. Yet one doesn't have to understand something to desire it. There are some old movies and books on his spaceship that he can learn about Earth from, so you can call him an expert... you can, right? He longs to go to Earth, which he believes is his true home. Join on his long journey of searching his way to Earth.