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AnimationWorld Magazine<\/em> \u2014 November 13, 2017
Tess Martin\u2019s \u2018Ginerva\u2019 Brings Percy Shelley Poem to Life<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ginevra<\/em> is an animated short film by award-winning filmmaker Tess Martin<\/a>. The short explores the themes of death and loss through a futuristic fantasy lens, using as a basis an unfinished poem by Percy Shelley published posthumously in 1824.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on Percy Shelley\u2019s poem \u201cThe Dirge,\u201d Ginevra<\/em> depicts the aftermath of the murder of a young woman. As her distraught mother looks on, she learns that life after death involves a transition she never could have imagined. The short film is part of the Campfire Poetry Project, a series of short films based on late 19th and early 20th century poems produced by Max Rothman for Monticello Park Productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSomething about the story and music brought to mind cold, hard\u00adedged paper cut\u00adouts, so I knew I would use this technique in some way,\u201d Martin says of her approach to the project. \u201cStylistically I was inspired by Renaissance-era fashion and architecture — as that was the era of the original legend — as well as by the futuristic lighting and shapes of Blade Runner<\/em>, as the music implemented very sci\u00adfi like instruments and tones.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aesthetically, the film draws inspiration from bas-relief paper sculptures, the Renaissance time period of the legend referenced by the poem, and the strong lighting of films like Blade Runner<\/em>. The film was animated with stiff paper cut-outs one frame at a time on a multi-plane animation stand over the course of six weeks in Martin\u2019s studio in Rotterdam, and finished in January 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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