Ways of Seeing
Ways of Seeing by Jerrold Chong, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).
Who
Directed & Animated by: Jerrold Chong
Written by: Jia Lee & Jerrold Chong
Production Design: Chase Ko
Sound Design: Pin-Hua Chen
Music Composer: Cooper Babbes
Voice Actors: Nathan Nonhof &Sadie Schwolsky
Costume Designer: Jessica Dabovich
Violinist: Yvette Hernandez
Set Design Assistant: Kelly Glaubig
Additional 2D Animation: Ariel Navas & Zack El-magharbel
What?
Rumble of train rails;
Crashing of ocean waves;
Soft caress of distant wind.
Two people. Two ways of perceiving the world.
How
It is predominantly made in stop-motion, with several scenes in the beginning sequence animated with pastel on paper, under the camera.
Next Project
I’m working on my graduation film this year. It is about a son who revisits a long-estranged father, on the day of an impending solar eclipse. An event of cosmic significant coincides with an emotional revelation for father and son.
Which Film do you wish you could have made?
I would love to have made The Hedgehog and The Fog by Yuri Norstein, or be involved in the making of Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride/Nightmare Before Christmas.
