ARDEN
Jennifer ZachlodArden is a teenage cyborg runaway. Sent to a mission almost one century ago, he had to leave his civilization. Arden was born and raised on a spaceship. That is why his only contact with his ancestors and the life lived on planet earth takes place through his VR machine. As Arden has not much physical space at home, he spends most of his time in the virtual world.
But if there is no perceptible difference between the virtual reality and real life, do you even feel different?
But if there is no perceptible difference between the virtual reality and real life, do you even feel different?
THE VIDEO
THE IDEA
Even if the VR machine imitates social interaction, Arden feels lonely.
To understand Arden’s emotional state, we get to see some intimate extracts of his biography.
Throughout the whole story the focus lays mainly on the transmission of Arden’s emotions and feelings.
Like Arden himself the viewer does not clearly realize what happens in the inner or outer world and is taken on a metaphorically speaking journey.
To understand Arden’s emotional state, we get to see some intimate extracts of his biography.
Throughout the whole story the focus lays mainly on the transmission of Arden’s emotions and feelings.
Like Arden himself the viewer does not clearly realize what happens in the inner or outer world and is taken on a metaphorically speaking journey.
THE STORY
STORYBOARD
- It is a trailer that should make you want to see more of his story
- Deals heavily with emotions and feelings, showing an excerpt of things that happened to him in his life
- While working on it, the overall story changed a lot as well as style and techniques
MAKING OF
- one of my main struggles in the beginning were to abstractify my character
- he was too human-like
