{"id":949,"date":"2025-01-28T22:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T22:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/?page_id=949"},"modified":"2025-01-28T22:38:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T22:38:38","slug":"zap-book-animation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/","title":{"rendered":"ZAP Book Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ZAP Book Animation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My current project is a series of films produced on journeys using a purist straight-ahead animation technique   following  an evolving creative manifesto <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/untitled-01-manifesto-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-962\" srcset=\"http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/untitled-01-manifesto-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/untitled-01-manifesto-300x169.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/untitled-01-manifesto-768x432.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/untitled-01-manifesto-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/untitled-01-manifesto.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The film began with a gift from a friend\u2014an A5 , 180pp Zap Book\u2014while I was recovering from burnout after completing my doctorate in philosophy in August 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Untitled 01 : Running Away<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to Festival distribution only an extract can be shown. If you would like to see the whole film contact me and I can provide  access to a preview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Untitled 01:running away trailer\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w0rysf2iZRE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Synopsis <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A contemplative journey unfolds through hand-drawn sketches filmed on the windows of moving trains and buses, embracing a purist manifesto for straight-ahead animation. Discarding planning, storyboards, light boxes, and corrections for the raw energy of the drawn line, the film blends frantic motion with calm reflection, capturing shifting landscapes both internal and external.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Production<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Animator\/ Director : Becalelis Brodskis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Music: ALgy Behrens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zap Books provided by Ben Hardy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DCP testing Camille Brooks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>With thanks to the many friends who encouraged me to continue ( you know who you are)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Untitled 03: Matter and Memory of a Train Journey.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Aspects of Untitled 01: Running Away, combined with the research of my PhD thesis provided the inspiration for developing my next film. This film in development will follow a <em>train journey<\/em> across Europe and North Africa\u2014from Lithuania where my grandfather was born to Morocco where my father was born, passing through France and Spain where i lived as a child. The film will explore two interwoven themes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Theories of Perception, Memory, and Matter<\/strong><br \/>Drawing on the ideas of the French philosopher Henri Bergson, particularly his seminal work <em>Matter and Memory<\/em>, the film will explore perception is informed by a relationshiop between matter, memory and action.  The landscapes I travel through on this journey\u2014trains, stations, cities\u2014will serve as both matter, physical locations and relating to memories carried by myself and fellow travlers. Metaphors for the inner journey of processing  how the external world relating to our inner being shapes our understanding of self and identity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The Story of Diaspora<\/strong><br \/>The film will also be a personal exploration of my family\u2019s diaspora . My Jewish grandfather was born in Lithuania and escaped pogroms moving to france , then Nazis in France finding refuge in Morocco, where my father was born. I was born in London and distant from my Jewish heratage. This journey is a literal and emotional retracing of the steps that led to the displacement and transformation that comes with migration, the search for belonging, and the lasting impact of these experiences on subsequent generations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Using the same straight-ahead animation technique,  this film  will blend both the rawness of the <em>Untitled 01: Running Away<\/em> with a planned narrative structure that guides rather than leads the films production. The animation will remain unpolished and spontaneous, whilst  connecting the landscapes, memories, and emotional evolution that unfolds throughout the journey. The train itself will serve as a powerful metaphor for both travel and transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This journey across Europe and North Africa will not only be a physical passage but also a meditation on identity, memory, and how the places we inhabit shape our perception of the world and ourselves. Through animation, I hope to capture the interplay between the materiality of these places\u2014the trains, stations, and cities\u2014and the intangible nature of memory, perception, and personal history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>in some ways it relates to a rd movie  I made in 2007, The Letters Unwritten selected by the critically acclaimed  <strong>Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen<\/strong> considered the oldest short film festival in the world and is one of the largest international platforms for the short form<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"the letters unwritten 480p\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ku1iT3yzZZI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZAP Book Animation My current project is a series of films produced on journeys using a purist straight-ahead animation technique following an evolving creative manifesto The film began with a gift from a friend\u2014an A5 , 180pp Zap Book\u2014while I was recovering from burnout after completing my doctorate in philosophy in August 2024 Untitled 01 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ZAP Book Animation<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-949","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/949","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=949"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":967,"href":"http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/949\/revisions\/967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/brodskis.co.uk\/home\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}