Lieve, trouwe werkelijkheid -
in production 2025
Video + sound, 1.55.1
animation and live-action
animation and live-action
Book and Pencil are two 3D scanned clay objects. They have been stripped of their original function and find themselves in a monochrome green landscape.
Book and Pencil try to relate to their surroundings, each seeking solace from each other in their own way. Pencil does so by constantly starting conversations while Book finds peace in distillation. The conversations, which are initially light-hearted and humorous, express Pencil's longing for connection and recognition, but mostly cause irritation for Book.
The scenes in the green world are interspersed with images of a blue sky with cloud formations. Here, the choir reflects on their dialogue in voice-over aloud and gives them further stage directions. These reflections follow the structure of a rite of passage: separation, transformation and reintegration. Besides the blue and green world, they take us to two other places: the house in the night, where the chorus finally gets a body, and the cinema. The latter place is the final stop of the ritual. The act of looking is highlighted as a key moment to resolve the tension between Pencil and Book.
Book and Pencil try to relate to their surroundings, each seeking solace from each other in their own way. Pencil does so by constantly starting conversations while Book finds peace in distillation. The conversations, which are initially light-hearted and humorous, express Pencil's longing for connection and recognition, but mostly cause irritation for Book.
The scenes in the green world are interspersed with images of a blue sky with cloud formations. Here, the choir reflects on their dialogue in voice-over aloud and gives them further stage directions. These reflections follow the structure of a rite of passage: separation, transformation and reintegration. Besides the blue and green world, they take us to two other places: the house in the night, where the chorus finally gets a body, and the cinema. The latter place is the final stop of the ritual. The act of looking is highlighted as a key moment to resolve the tension between Pencil and Book.
picture 1:story structure , picture 2: storyboard for black and white world.
Team:
Writer & director: Sarah Lauwers
Actors/singers:
Pitou Nicolaes, Cyril Cobut,
Anemoon: Hanne Juchtmans, Chiqui Mellaerts, Eimear Allaert.
Kooruwel o.l.v. Pieter Nevejans
De Orgelpijpjes o.l.v. Katrien Konings
Voice-actor: Barbara T’Jonck
DOP: Alana Stoefs
Gaffer: Billy D’hoore
Gaffer assistant: Marieke Soete
Sound: Ewoud Van Eetvelde, Benji Jacobs
Composer: Pitou
Big thanks too: Ward Lauwers, Jonas Beerts, Petra Sampers, House Rue Montjoie
Development support from: VAF, Stad Leuven and
Sarah D’hanens, Cinnamon Entertainment
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