Robot in Autumn

In fall of 2007 I began work on my senior project "Robot in Autumn" officially, although the concept was developed a year before in my Film Theory and Advanced Video classes. Initially I had envisioned it a sort of tribute, then an insult to a girl over a bad break up. The concept, regarding a girl, her inability to cope with her emotions, and her subsequent manifestation of a new robot-self remained the same, but in the end the delivery evolved into an experimental film relying on visuals and repetition in a style attempting to mimic the works of Maya Derren.



The finished product is, to me, exactly not that: finished. There are still pieces I would like to work on before finally submitting it to festivals. It's now been a year since I officially began work on it. It weighs heavy on me. I would like to add some time laps of a spring sun rise to the beginning behind the tree and touch up some of the visual effects. Originally the music was to be composed by my friend Sarah Kropp, but then she went and had a (beautiful) baby and I used a piece I "composed" in Sound Track, though my very good friend Mary Tesch worked her butt off re mixing it as well as doing the sound design. My thanks to her for that. I may or may not one day ask Sarah to have her due go at composing a fit score. All of my friends actually deserve a warm thanks for their contributions to the project. From set construction to help with animating, I could not have done it, and surely not have done it in time with out them.

Here are some stills from the making of. There are plenty more to show, and one day I hope to upload them all, although going through my own albums, not to mention those of my friends who were all clicking away with their phones and cameras, is an arduous task to undertake.


"Maya" in an early stage of design.


Maya on set.


More Maya on set.