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Sophie Ohara - Pockets

Director :Sophie OHARA

Submission Title : Pockets

Screenwriter : Sophie Ohara

Genre : Animation

Year : 2006

Country : U.S.A.

Original Language : No Dialoge

Run Time : 02:56

Sound Mix : Stephanie Keane, Fred Taieb

Synopsis : After losing the pockets of her dress, a woman discovers the joy of motherhood and what it means to be a pocket, to hold, to protect, and to finally let go.

Participation in festivals / Screenings:
This film is fresh out of the animation oven :)

PS: Premiere for TURKEY - FEST-i KÜLT 2 

 Stills from Pockets:

 

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY: Sophie Ohara received a BA in Film and Literature from Bennington College in 2003. She is currently studying for her MA in animation through the Division of Animation and Digital Arts program at the University of Southern California. ‘Pockets’ is her first animated film created while in the program.

FILMOGRAPHY:

   + Dog, Video, Animation, TRT: 2:30 mins, June 2006

Completed at the University of Southern California

Synopsis: A morning is spent with a girl and her dog.

Technique: Animation. Hand drawn, colored digitally in Photoshop.

 

    + Pockets, Film, Animation, TRT: 2:56 mins, April 2006

Completed at the University of Southern California

Synopsis: After losing the pockets of her dress, a woman discovers the joy of motherhood.

Technique: Animation. Hand drawn with charcoal and pastel.

Screenings: First Look Festival, Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles. April 2006 

 

    + 50 Poems by E.E. Cummings, Video, Animation, TRT: 1 min., May 2005

Completed at the University of Southern California

Synopsis: Combining images of a bed coming undone with text from E.E. Cummings’ work, 50 Poems explores the moment between reading and sleep when reality unites with the imaginary world.

Technique: Animation. Stop Motion.

Screenings: Iota Music Conference, UC Santa Barbara. February 2006

 

    + The Wall, Video, Animation, TRT: 5:05 mins., April 2003.

Completed at Bennington College as part of my senior thesis.

Synopsis: A girl tries stops time by slipping through her bedroom wall.

Technique:  Animation. A mixture of hand drawn, cutouts, and found objects including buttons, thread, and feathers. 

Screenings: Screened at Bennington College.  June 2003

 

    + The White Room, Video, Animation, TRT: 8:00 mins., November 2002.

Completed at Bennington College as part of my senior thesis.

Synopsis: When a room’s color is stolen by a group of Whirling Dervishes, a girl and a penguin journey through a series of worlds to reclaim it, only to find their world in as much need of color as their room.

Technique: Animation.  Hand drawn and cutouts.

Screenings: Screened at Bennington College.  June 2003

 

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