The 21st Seoul Independent Animation Festival
Seoul Indie-AniFest202518. SEP(THU).2025 ~ 23. SEP(TUE).2025
16th (2020)
Indie-AniFest 2020 Independent Walk
Aimless Wanderer /
- KIM Dam-eun
- 2020
- 0:02:44
- 2D Computer, Drawing
- Korea
Screening Schedule
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| 2020.9.18(Fri) 13:00 / 2020.9.20(Sun) 17:15 |
Synopsis
There are ordinary scenes on the street—drawings brought together totell a story. It is about our inner emotions and thoughts in our everydaylives.
Director's Comment
I enjoyfeeling the texture of the paper while drawing, so I primarily work withhandmade drawings. To arrive at a final image, I make many studies first. I putthe sketches on the wall, and I look at them for a long time while generatingideas. At one point, I wondered if I could start with a single drawing and thenuse digital techniques to create a complete work. Normally, I draw using nearbysubjects for reference. My subjects are those that are commonly seen in oursurroundings (people, streetlamps, kids on the playground). As my eyes move,they show my changing state of mind. I tried to imbue the images of thesubjects with the essence of my inner thoughts. For instance, the voice of achild’s mother (saying “It’s time to go home”) means that the child hasto stop playing now. It is also the voice that brings my late-20s self back toreality. In another example, the subjects of my drawings include a streetlamp.It is a manmade object, but each streetlamp has its own unique shape. When itcasts a shadow with its light, it can resemble a shape such as a tree. I wantto reveal the changing shapes of objects, and show that even machines can havemalleable forms. I added recordings of sounds from everyday life and thoughtabout them while creating the movements. I collected sounds such as childrenplaying, an old man proselytizing on the street, the noise of a bus, and thesongs of birds—reflecting my own emotions. The figureat the end that walks slowly is a reflection of my inner self, and it wastoward this scene that I was working all along.
Staff
Scenario/Storyboard/BG/Lay Out/Animation/Camera/Sound/Editing KIM Dam-eun
Filmography
- KIM Dam-eun
2020 [Aimless Wanderer]