BLACK EARTH RISING: Showcase Edit 02: 955
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One of two montage edits of the work we created for this BBC/NETFLIX series.
Edit 02 (9 mins 55 seconds):
We were invited to create four sequences, totalling nine minutes of animation, as well as the main titles for this live-action drama. Produced, written, and directed by BAFTA award winner Hugo Blick and produced by Abi Bach (The Honourable Woman), Black Earth Rising is set against the background of the prosecution of international war crimes and the West’s relationship with contemporary Africa.
The animation sequences depict events around the Rwandan genocide and its aftermath, imaginatively interpreting violent and tragic events; events where, as one character puts it— “words would fail ” The story centres on Kate Ashby (Michaela Coel), who works as a legal investigator in the London law chambers of Michael Ennis (John Goodman). When Kate’s adoptive mother Eve (Harriet Walter) takes on a case prosecuting an African militia leader, the story pulls Michael and Kate into a journey that will upend their lives forever. Studio AKA director Steven Small designed beautifully rendered hand-drawn sequences to be inserted into four episodes in the eight-part series.
Along with a team of animators, Small drew references from a wide array of source materials, using a combination of 3D, rotoscoping and simple hand-drawn line artwork to create these impactful images portraying graphic events. The resulting imagery is captivating and powerfully wrought.
Steve Small says of the project:
“The opportunity to make imagery for writing as incisive as Hugo’s is rare. The sequences needed to resemble broken memories, be spare in their look and only say what needed saying; generating a fragmented quality that gathers the drawing and artwork together with its restless and unsettling style.” Client The Forgiving Earth Limited Executive Producer Greg Brenman Producer, Writer & Director Hugo Blick Producer Abi Bach Animation Production Company Studio AKA Animated Sequence Director Steve Small
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